The Supreme Court of Kenya Advances Jurisprudence on Access to Effective Remedies for Victims of Business-Related Environmental Human Rights Violations
by Rosemary Mwanza, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University Background On December 6th, the Supreme Court of Kenya rendered a landmark judgment in the Owino Uhuru litigation, a protracted legal battle addressing severe environmental pollution and public health crises in the Owino Uhuru settlement, a low-income settlement in the Mikindani area of Changamwe, Mombasa. Over the…