ICJ report: “South Africa and the Rule of Law”
The ICJ released today a detailed Report on South Africa and the Rule of Law.
African Conference on the Rule of Law
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.
Trial in Angola: ICJ intervention for Portuguese lawyer
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.
Angola: ICJ cable to the Prime Minister of Portugal
The ICJ sent today a cable to the Prime Minister of Portugal requesting his intervention to enable Doctor Manuel Juan da Palma Carlos to leave Lisbon for Luanda to defend persons accused of distributing a seditious publication.
South Africa and the Rule of Law
The ICJ presents in this Report to the international legal community the results of a thorough although not exhaustive inquiry into the problems created by the systematic application of the principle of racial separation (apartheid)1 in the Union of South Africa.
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