AfriForum warns against disastrous consequences of expropriation without compensation at UN
29 November 2018
Civil rights organization AfriForum today attends the eleventh session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva, Switzerland, to garner support against government’s intended programme of expropriation without compensation. This step is part of the organization’s stepped-up international campaign to mobilize pressure against expropriation without compensation.
According to Alana Bailey, who attends this UN body’s session in her capacity as AfriForum’s Deputy CEO responsible for international liaison, this organization’s legal team is busy with litigation to halt the South African government’s process of amending the Constitution, but international pressure is essential to prevent the process from being carried through in one way or another eventually.
The theme of this year’s session of the Forum on Minority Issues is statelessness. The UN states that it is a human rights issue that affects minorities around the world disproportionally.
Bailey emphasizes that AfriForum does not oppose a responsibly executed land reform programme. “However, if the principle of willing seller, willing buyer, is being waived, as is proposed, it can only be detrimental to all residents of the country,” she explains.