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The trial of Macias in Equatorial Guinea: the story of a dictatorship

The trial of Macias in Equatorial Guinea: the story of a dictatorship

Jan 1, 1979

A few days before the trial of Ex-President Macías took place in Eguatorial Guinea at the end of September, 1979, the ICJ was invited by the leader of the coup which overthrew him, Lt.-Colonel Teodoro Obiang Nguema, in the name of the Supreme Military Council, to send an Observer to the trial. 

ICJ Review no. 21 (December 1978)

ICJ Review no. 21 (December 1978)

Dec 1, 1978

The purpose of the Review is to focus attention on the problems in regard to which lawyers can make their contribution to society in their respective areas of influence and to provide them with the necessary information and data.

This edition features articles on:

  • Human rights in the world:
      -Equatorial Guinea
      -Guyana
      -Sri Lanka
      -Zaire
  • Commentaries:
      -Human Rights Committee
      -UN Sub-commission on discrimination and minorities
      -Inter-American Convention on Human Rights
  • Articles:
      -Ombudsmen and human rights commissions, by Sir Guy Powles
      -The ombudsmen institution (médiateur), by Niall MacDermot
      -The concept of the rights of the child, by D. Kelly Weisberg
      -States of exception, by Daniel O ‘Donnell
  • Judicial application of the law
  • ICJ news

ICJ Review-21-1978-eng (full text in English, PDF)
ICJ Review-21-1978-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)

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