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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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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Nicolas Abel Bayona Ba Meya or Bayona Ba Meya Muna Kimvimba was a Congolese jurist who served as First President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Zaire from 1975 until 1983.
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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
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