Zimbabwe farmer who took Mugabe to court dies of his injuries

Posted by ZDN on April 8, 2011

Mike Campbell (79), the Zimbabwean commercial farmer who made legal history when he took President Mugabe to the international court of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal in 2007 and won the case a year later, passed away at his temporary home in Harare on April 6. Mike Campbell on his Mount Carmel farm in the Chegutu district of Zimbabwe in 2008. Photo Robin Hammon...

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New application to SADC Tribunal makes legal history

Posted by ZDN on April 4, 2011

SADC Tribunal Rights Watch 4 April 2011 For the first time in legal history, a group of heads of state is being cited by an individual as the respondent in an application to an international court – in this case the Southern Development Community (SADC) Tribunal - located in Windhoek, Namibia. Jeremy Gauntlett, SC, a leading South African advocate, filed the urgent application on b...

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