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Strategic Litigation Unit
The Strategic Litigation Unit, based at Lawyers for Human Rights’ Pretoria Law Clinic, has achieved some notable successes since its inception in 2003. The Strategic Litigation Unit focuses much of its attention in ensuring just administrative action for indigent persons and communities. A considerable amount of time is also spent on unfair discrimination, refugee law, and increasingly, land reform matters. The Unit is headed by David Cote who along with a group of dedicated attorneys and advocates conduct most of the litigation work.
Cases and Judgements
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Strategic Litigation Unit News
27 August 2010
(Press release)
Strategic Litigation Unit Publications
The purpose of this booklet is to provide an overview of LHR’s litigation activities and our role in public interest litigation in South Africa. The booklet has been designed thematically and looks at past LHR cases with a view of planning for future projects and activities to develop human rights jurisprudence in South Africa.
This legal review looks at strategic interventions for upholding the constitutional rights to water and sanitation and a better use of the law in improving the delivery of water services. Of course, use of law is not the only way of reaching such goals. The review therefore also looks at interventions that use public participation and social mobilisation to ensure that communities are actively involved in asserting their rights inside and outside the legal environment.The use of the law however when properly used, enables poor and marginalised communities to achieve impact and success where other efforts have failed. This requires a closer look at available legal interventions and a strategic analysis of how these interventions can have the greatest possible impact on the delivery of water services.
Policies
(Date published: 26/11/2008)
(Date published: 05/11/2008)
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