The property, valued at over one billion kronor, is located near the Arc de Triomphe and houses a cinema, a Turkish bath and water taps in marble and gold.
The Central African country is now asking the ICJ to stop France's planned sale of the house. It was seized by French authorities after a court sentenced Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue to a suspended sentence and corresponding to 300 million kronor in fines for corruption. Mangue is the son of Equatorial Guinea's long-time president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
France's behavior "can be described as paternalistic and even neocolonial", thunders the country's ambassador to France, Carmelo Nvono-Nca.
In its latest complaint to the ICJ, Equatorial Guinea states that French police entered the building last month and changed the locks on several of the doors.
