
Human rights in Nicaragua: yesterday and today, report of a mission for the International Commission of Jurists
During the period of the Somoza government, the ICJ followed closely the violations of human rights occurring in Nicaragua.
During the period of the Somoza government, the ICJ followed closely the violations of human rights occurring in Nicaragua.
Donald T. Fox, attorney-at-law in New York, lead a mission to Guatemala in June 1979 on behalf of the ICJ, to assess the human rights situation in the country.
At the beginning of 1979 the ICJ received a number of reports of the harassment and persecution of defense lawyers in South Korea for action which they had properly taken in a professional capacity on behalf of their clients in political cases.
This report covers a mission to El Salvador in July 1978 to study the application of the November 1977 “law of defence and guarantee of public order”.
In September 1972, President Marcos proclaimed Martial Law in the Philippines, declaring it necessary to meet the threat to national security posed by the Communist Party, the New People’s Army, and the secessionist struggle of certain Moslem elements in Mindanao and Sulu.