Oct 11, 1961 | Advocacy, Open letters
The ICJ has sent a cable to President Nkrumah of Ghana concerning reports of arrests, it was announced today.
Sir Leslie Munro, the Secretary-General of the Commission, stated that the Commission has learned with “profound concern” of recent reports of the arrest of leading lawyers and a large number of other persons and “in view of the disquiet these reports are having on the world legal community” requested information concerning the charges against those arrested.
Mar 1, 1961 | News
The ICJ has been informed by the Ethiopian Minister of Justice that an open trial of those charged with complicity in the abortive coup of December, 1960, was to begin on Monday, February 27, 1961, in Addis Ababa.
Dec 21, 1960 | Events
The Ford Foundation and the Federal Government of Nigeria have made grants to the ICJ for its African Conference on the Rule of Law to be held in Lagos, Nigeria, from January 3 to 7, 1961.
Oct 5, 1960 | Events
The ICJ announced today its plans to hold an African Conference on the Rule of Law in January 1961 in Lagos, Nigeria. It will be the first legal conference of its type to be held in Africa.
Sep 13, 1960 | News
On July 27, 1960, the ICJ requested the intervention of Dr. Salazar, Prime Minister of Portugal, to enable Dr. da Palma Carlos, a Lisbon lawyer, to go to Luanda, Angola.
