ICJ condemns detention of two Ghanaian lawyers
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL) has called on the government of Ghana to release two leading lawyers detained without charges.
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL) has called on the government of Ghana to release two leading lawyers detained without charges.
The ICJ announces the publication today by Pinter Publishers of “South Africa: Human Rights and the Rule of Law”, a 160-page report of a mission to South Africa in 1987.
Le Congrès de Juristes Africains Francophones s’est tenu du 5 au 9 janvier 1967 à Dakar, Sénégal.
Ce document contient le programme provisoire, renseignements généraux, information sur l’organisation du Congrès, le Réglement intérieur et la liste des participants.
Africa-function of the law-congress report-programme-1967-fra (full text in French, PDF)
Working documents: Africa-function of the law-congress report-working papers-1967-fra (full text in French, PDF)
Conclusions: Africa-function of the law-congress report-conclusions-1967-fra (full text in French, PDF)
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.