presentation-de-natural-justice-11988d4e33d18296.pdf

This document is a presentation by Natural Justice (NJ), an African organization dedicated to social and environmental justice. It outlines the organization's mission to protect the collective rights of indigenous peoples and local communities through a "Litigation Plus" approach, which integrates legal empowerment, research, policy influence, and strategic litigation. The document details NJ's activities in 2024, highlighting legal victories against extractive industries, efforts to secure land tenure, and the protection of environmental defenders across Africa.

• Natural Justice employs a "Litigation Plus" strategy that combines legal empowerment, research, policy influence, and legal action to help communities shape and use the law. This approach is built on three strategic pillars: supporting communities in decision-making, challenging projects that harm the environment or violate indigenous rights, and securing collective rights to land, resources, and traditional knowledge.
• In 2024, Natural Justice expanded its impact by leading or supporting over 30 strategic litigations across Africa, including the initiation of first-time strategic cases in Nigeria and Madagascar, and the launch of constitutional challenges in Senegal and Kenya.
• The organization achieved a significant legal victory in South Africa's High Court against Shell's seismic testing on the Wild Coast, establishing a link between fossil fuel extraction and violations of constitutional rights to food, culture, and a healthy environment.
• Natural Justice has successfully influenced legislative reforms and governance, notably in Mozambique, where the concept of free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) was included in the new land law for the first time.
• The African Environmental Defenders Initiative (AEDI) provided emergency funding and legal support to 180 defenders across Africa. This included 123 activists in Uganda who were arrested and assaulted for protesting the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).
• The organization works to protect indigenous heritage through Biocultural Community Protocols (BCP) and biodiversity registers, with active processes in Namibia (with the Ovaherero community), Madagascar, and Senegal.
• Natural Justice identifies severe environmental and human rights threats in Africa, stating that 471 oil and gas projects are expected by 2028 and over 65% of African biodiversity is threatened by deforestation, industrial agriculture, and extractive industries.

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@techreport{naturaljusticendpresentationdenaturaljustice11988d4e33d18296pdf, author = {{Natural Justice}}, title = {{presentation-de-natural-justice-11988d4e33d18296.pdf}}, institution = {Natural Justice}, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Presentation-de-Natural-Justice.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }