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AMOOTI GODFREY NYAKANA v. NEMA,ATTORNEY GENERAL,ADVOCATES COALITION FOR DEVELOPMENT&ENVIRONMENT,ENVIRONMENT ALERT,GREENSWARD,UGANDA WILDLIFE SOCIETY,THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION NETWORK

País/Territorio
Uganda
Tipo de la corte
Nacional - corte superior
Fecha
Nov 9, 2009
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
High Court of Uganda at Kampala
Sede de la corte
Kampala
Juez
MPAGI-BAHIGEINE, A.E.
TWINOMUJUI, C.N.B
KITUMBA, C.K.
BYAMUGISHA, S.
KAVUMA, B.
Idioma
Inglés
Materia
Especies silvestres y ecosistemas, Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Manejo de tierras Zonas húmedas Planificación ambiental Derecho constitutional Conservación del ecosistema
Resumen
The Uganda Constitutional Court recently ruled in favour of National Environment Management Authority(NEMA) and six others as to whether the provisions of the National Environment Act of Uganda (relating to restoration orders) are in conflict with the constitution and the right to private property.The petitioner's house being constructed in a wetland was demolished by the National Environment Management Authority in 2004.It was argued by one of the judges that the"wetlands could not be granted to private individuals/entities because the State holds such natural resources in trust for the citizenry and they must be preserved for the public benefit, in this case the environment". The petitioner is seeking to appeal against the judgment in the Supreme Court.