On-line Resource Hub: East and Southern Africa

‘CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARM AND RELATED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES’

In July 2026, Roots2Justice hosted its latest three-day Best Practice Forum, this time in Kenya at the Brackenhurst Conference and Retreat Centre – the third such Forum the organization has successfully run, following previous editions in Latin America and Asia. The Forum brought together grassroots leaders, legal practitioners, and community activists from Eastern and Southern African countries - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe – who are confronting environmental harm and related human rights violations to share experiences, legal strategies, and tools.

The Forum provided a peer learning participatory space in which judicial and non-judicial strategies could be discussed and exchanged and in which participants could learn and share information on legal challenges in different jurisdictions. The Forum provided an opportunity to forge links across different countries and aimed at strengthening the resilience of Indigenous, rural, and frontline communities. As with previous Forums, sessions were led by a mix of grassroots leaders and legal experts and sought to foster peer learning, legal empowerment, and network-building. On this occasion speakers included the delegates from the seven African countries present and, the UK, the United States of America (USA), Germany and Australia.

The program was structured around several key legal challenges that were reflected in the applications of candidates applying to attend the Forum. The event was an engaging, friendly experience in which all participants were able to share their experiences, learn from each other, build new alliances and gain new ideas.

Susi Bascon

Roots2Justice Director 

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