Carving out a greater role for civil litigation as an environmental law enforcement tool in Zimbabwe's 2013 constitution.

Madebwe, Tinashe

Abstract

Traditionally, civil litigation has been marginalised as a complementary enforcement tool to state-led efforts at enforcing environmental law in Zimbabwe. This is despite the fact that its value as a complement to other enforcement efforts has increasingly been recognised across the world; and that the Environmental Management Act, the leading statute on environmental law in the country for the last eight years, makes extensive provision for the avenue as a complementary enforcement tool. This paper argues that the inclusion of environmental rights in the 2013 Constitution holds the promise of invigorating civil litigation's role as a complement to state-led enforcement techniques in Zimbabwe's environmental law regulatory framework.

Citation

MADEBWE, T. 2015. Carving out a greater role for civil litigation as an environmental law enforcement tool in Zimbabwe's 2013 constitution. Law, environment and development journal [online], 11(2), pages 108-119. Available from: https://lead-journal.org/content/15106.pdf

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 31, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Dec 31, 2015
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2015
• Deposit Date: Sep 26, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 26, 2023
• Journal: Law, environment and development journal
• Electronic ISSN: 1746-5893
• Publisher: University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, Centre of Jaina Studies
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 108-119
• Keywords: Environmental law; Constitutional law; Litigation; Zimbabwe
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2054489
• Publisher URL: https://lead-journal.org/content/15106.pdf