Examining the Right to a Fair Hearing and Environmental Restoration Orders in Uganda’s Environmental Law                                                                                                                                                            

Obala Silas

School of Law Kampala International University, Uganda

ABSTRACT

This article examines the right to a fair hearing in the event of environmental restoration orders, the protection upon which the inhabitants of the environment have in circumstances of the violation of their rights. The article revealed that in the circumstances of the violation of the rights of fair hearing, the law establishes the public litigation principle and public trust doctrine under the environmental law which favours those who may not be able to understand the law and procedure in order to protect them from the violation of the law. It is recommended that agencies involved in environmental protection should continue to be improving their data consistency and quality within and among databases and knowledge bases operated by state government agencies, working with NGOs where appropriate, continue to promote environmental education and awareness especially at the state and local levels, in co-operation with NGOs where appropriate. More so, they should develop and implement a national environmental health strategy, defining targets and cost-effective measures for reducing the environmental burden of disease as well as indicators to monitor progress. Improve co-ordination among government agencies responsible for environmental health management and among state agencies responsible for implementation; better integrate environmental health objectives into general health policy, favoring preventive approaches over technical fixes where the former are shown to be cost-effective.

Keywords: Environmental law, Environmental restoration, Human rights protections, Human rights violations, right to fair hearing.

CITE AS: Obala Silas (2024). Examining the Right to a Fair Hearing and Environmental Restoration Orders in Uganda’s Environmental Law. RESEARCH INVENTION JOURNAL OF LAW, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES 3(3):30-36.