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Constitutional Petition No. 2 of 2011 (Garissa)

This High Court case was brought with the support of Hakijamii, a human rights organization based in Nairobi that has been a member of ESCR-Net since 2005; and stemmed from the request of more than 1,000 individuals, evicted from their homes located in six communities commonly known as the Medina Location of Garissa municipality.

Economic and Social Rights Academic Network UK and Ireland (ESRAN-UKI)

Country:

United Kingdom

Working Group(s) / Area(s) of Work:

OP-ICESCR

Ekta Parishad

Country:

India

Working Group(s) / Area(s) of Work:

Women & ESCR

Social Movements & Grassroots Groups

OP-ICESCR

Plataforma Dhesca Brasil

Country:

Brazil

Dec. 05, 2011: Macroeconomics and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation

This report is the culmination of a two-day experts meeting, "Macroeconomics and the Rights to Water and Sanitation," which took place in Lisbon, Portugal from March 31 to April 1, 2011.

Mosetlhanyane and others v. Attorney General of Botswana, Civil Appeal No. CACLB-074-10

In 1985 De Beers mining company drilled a borehole for prospecting purposes and some of the water was supplied to settlements in CKGR. The Government later evicted and resettled the Basarwa outside of the CKGR because they felt that human settlements were incompatible with the conservation of wildlife in the preserve. In an attempt to dissuade the Basarwa from returning, the borehole was also dismantled as it was the only source of water within 40km. In 2006, in the Sesana case, the Court found that this eviction was unconstitutional and allowed the Basarwa to return to the CKGR.

Mendoza Beatriz Silva et al vs. State of Argentina et al on damages (damages resulting from environmental pollution of Matanza/Riachuelo river). File M. 1569. XL

In July 2004, a group of residents of the Matanza/Riachuelo basin filed a suit before the Supreme Court of Argentina against the national government, the Province of Buenos Aires, the City of Buenos Aires and 44 companies seeking compensation for damages resulting from pollution of the basin, stoppage of contaminating activities, and remedy for collective environmental damage.

Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) v. Sudan, Communication 296/2005

Since February 2003, following the emergence of an armed conflict in the Darfur region of the Sudan, militiamen known as Janjaweed have engaged in forcibly evicting, killing, and raping thousands of Black indigenous people in that region. The complainants alleged these acts were a failure of the government of Sudan to respect and protect the rights of the people of Darfur and in particular violated articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12 (1), 14, 16, 18 (1) and 22 of the African Charter on Human and People's Rights. In affirming admissibility of the complaint, the Commission quoted its decisi

Lindiwe Mazibuko & Others v City of Johannesburg & Others, Case CCT 39/09, [2009] ZACC 28

Five residents of Phiri in Soweto brought a case against the City of Johannesburg, Johannesburg Water (a company wholly owned by the City) and the national Minister for Water Affairs and Forestry. There were two key questions at issue.

Minority Rights Group International

Country:

United Kingdom

Working Group(s) / Area(s) of Work:

Strategic Litigation

OP-ICESCR