What we are doing

The project has three main components:

1.) Litigation

1. •  Negotiation.
   

2. •  Preparing a group of strategic test cases on behalf of the adversely affected
   

               communities.

1. •  Legal training of young lawyers on the project.
   

2. •  Building up a public interest law capacity in Lesotho.
   

2.) Community legal education

1. •  Conducting focussed workshops in selected communities on the legal issues
   

               affecting them, aiming to empower communities with the knowledge required to

               assert their environmental, cultural and economic rights.

3.) Setting a precedent

1. •  Setting an international precedent with regard to the appropriate treatment and
   

               compensation of communities affected by the LHWP and other major dams and        

               infrastructure projects.

1. •  Communicating the outcomes of the project to the international development
   

               community.

1. •  Encouraging best practice.
   

2. •  Building up a body of development lawyers.