Contributed by Ayodele Babalola UPDATE A few days after publication of the blog post below, in which I extensively discussed the need for waste management to be classified as an essential service in Nigeria, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 classified waste management as an essential service in the fourth page of the Guidelines…
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…
by Dr Felix Nana Kofi Ofori, REACT Humanitarian Network, Oxford, UK Like most developing countries, Ghana is internally engaging in development projects to provide sustainable economic, social, political and cultural systems, which address the aspirations of its citizenry. The UN General Assembly resolution 1803 (XVII) of December 14, 1962-Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources- recognises the…
Author: Clive Vinti On 9 February 2021, in a ground-breaking judgment in South Africa, the High Court decided on its first Strategic Lawsuits or Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP) suit in the case of Mineral Sands Resources (Pty) Ltd and Another v Reddell and Others; Mineral Commodities Limited and Another v Dlamini and Another; Mineral Commodities Limited and Another v Clarke. The High Court…
by Clive Vinti On Thursday, November 26, 2020, at 16:00 hrs (SAST), 5:00 pm (Nairobi, GMT+03:00), the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) will host the fifth webinar in the series ‘Human rights strategies in climate change litigation’. The webinar will focus on developments in climate litigation in Africa. We have a great list…
