Nicolas Bayona Ba Meya (1938-1998) was a Congolese jurist. He served as a judge in Lubumbashi and on the Supreme Court before becoming First President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Zaire from 1975 to 1983, and he was dean of the law faculty at the National University of Zaire in Kinshasa. In 1975 he submitted a legal opinion to the International Court of Justice during its consideration of Western Sahara, arguing that ancestral and spiritual ties could establish territorial claims stronger than the doctrine of terra nullius.
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Source Central Intelligence Agency: Democratic Republic of the Congo, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
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Source Western Sahara advisory opinion of 16 October 1975, full text, International Court of Justice Reports, copy hosted by HLRN
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1. Nicolas Bayona Ba Meya (Wikipedia)
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Nicolas Abel Bayona Ba Meya or Bayona Ba Meya Muna Kimvimba (25 November 1938-26 August 1998) was a Congolese jurist who served as First President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Zaire from 1975 until 1983.
2. Nicolas Bayona Ba Meya (Wikipedia)
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He studied humanities at a minor seminary in Kibula at the College Notre-Dame de Mbanza-Mboma from 1952 until 1960.
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Nicolas Bayona Ba Meya (1938-1998) was a Congolese jurist.
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Bayona served as the First President of the Supreme Court of Justice from 1975 until 1983. In March 1996 he was made President of the Commission Nationale des Élections, a body designed to ensure the establishment of a free election by 1997 in Zaire as part of a democratic transition under President Mobutu Sese Seko.
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Wikidata Q42541011, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1938
Wikidata Q42541011, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1938-11-25
Wikidata Q42541011, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1998
Wikidata Q42541011, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1998-08-26
View the SourceCentral Intelligence Agency: Democratic Republic of the Congo, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Central Intelligence AgencyIn Legal System: Civil Law, Government: Legal systemQuote, In Legal System: Civil Law, Government: Legal system
civil law system primarily based on Belgian law, but also customary and tribal law
Western Sahara advisory opinion of 16 October 1975, full text, International Court of Justice Reports, copy hosted by HLRN
Member Of: Supreme Court of Justice of Zaire, Western Sahara advisory opinion, representatives of Zaire, First President of the Supreme CourtQuote, Member Of: Supreme Court of Justice of Zaire, Western Sahara advisory opinion, representatives of Zaire, First President of the Supreme Court
M. Bayona-ba-Meya, Premier président de la Cour suprême du Zaïre
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