
The events in East Pakistan, 1971: a legal study
This Staff Study covers the events in East Pakistan from March to December 1971, together with a discussion of some of the legal issues involved.
This Staff Study covers the events in East Pakistan from March to December 1971, together with a discussion of some of the legal issues involved.
The activities of the ICJ in the five years 1966 to 1971 have continued to be directed on the one hand to the positive promotion of human rights and their legal protection and, on the other hand, to studying and publicizing violations of human rights and the Rule of Law.
This report contains:
ICJ-report on activities 1966-1971-annual report-1972-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Impunidad, crimen de lesa humanidad y desaparición forzada.
ICJ Review-7-1971-spa (La Revista en Español, PDF)
Impunité, crimes contre l’humanité et disparitions forcées
ICJ Review-7-1971-fra (Texte complet en PDF)
The decision to devote this number of the review predominantly to events concerning Africa was prompted by two important conferences held this year. The conclusions of both conferences are reproduced in full in this issue.
The first conference, on ‘African legal process and the individual’, was convened in April in Addis Ababa by the UN Economic Commission for Africa. It is believed to be the first African conference to be convened by Africans dealing with human rights.
The second was the international conference in Colorado in September on ‘Justice and the individual: the rule of law under current pressures’, convened by the ICJ as guests of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. One of the principal themes discussed was racial discrimination, with particular reference to South Africa.
In addition, this edition features articles on:
ICJ Review-7-1971-eng (full text in English, PDF)
ICJ Review-7-1971-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)