Une affaire historique devant la Cour africaine questionne les obligations des États en matière de droits humains et de lutte contre le changement climatique.
- Director of the Mandela Institute, Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
A landmark climate case before the African Court asks what African states must do to protect human rights, phase out fossil fuels, and tackle climate change.
En Afrique, des lois protégeant les consommateurs permettent de sanctionner les entreprises fossiles qui s'adonnent à des pratiques écologiques douteuses.
Some African countries have consumer protection laws that they could use to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for pretending to be green.
Two South African insurance companies are suing the government after large companies suffered catastrophic damage in 2022 floods.
Chaque contrat doit garantir aux pays africains de garder le contrôle stratégique de leurs ressources.
African nations need to negotiate contracts that ensure they hold on to the power their resources bring.
South Africa’s government has a new plan to license water providers and revoke the licences if they don’t deliver clean, drinkable water.
The narrative of criminality is dangerous. It dehumanises destitute people, who are forced into informal mining to escape poverty.
Deadly wildfires claimed the lives of 13 people in South Africa recently. Fires will increase as the climate warms. Landowners must stick to the law and try to prevent fires from starting.
South Africa’s courts are likely to set a high bar in cases brought against the government’s most recent state of disaster declaration.
Artisanal gold mining is highly organised and rule-bound. Men, women and even children participate a hierarchy sustained by a web of buyers, sponsors and customers.
Clashes between mining companies and communities are often about the age-old question of whether mining, with its adverse impacts, can benefit the many or only a selected few.
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