Natural Justice (NJ) is an organization rooted in the struggles of communities in South Africa. As a team of pioneering lawyers and legal experts, it specializes in human rights and environmental law to pursue social and environmental justice. NJ strives to enhance people’s collective rights and protect indigenous peoples and local communities’ sacred relationships with nature. Through legal empowerment, research, policy influencing, and litigation, and as part of coalitions and campaigns, NJ supports communities to know the law, use the law and shape the law.
Mission
To pursue both social and environmental justice by specializing in human rights and environmental law in Africa.
Our work in development finance
As a team of pioneering lawyers and legal experts, Natural Justice conducts comprehensive research on environmental and human rights law, support indigenous peoples and local communities and their supporting organisations, provides technical advice to governments and intergovernmental organisations, and engages in key international processes.
Geographic Focus
Africa