U-don umthetho wezemvelo waseTanzania, uDkt. Elifuraha Laltaika, uqokelwe umklomelo ohlonishwayo wamalungelo ezemvelo emhlabeni wonke, waba isazi sokuqala sase-Afrika ukuthola umklomelo onjalo, ngaleyo ndlela kukhuphule izinga lezwekazi. UDkt. Laltaika, umfundisi omkhulu wezomthetho kanye nenqubomgomo yamalungelo abantu e-Tumaini University Makumira enyakatho yenhloko-dolobha ye-Safari yase-Tanzania, i-Arusha, uzoqashelwa ngomthelela wakhe omangalisayo kwezomthetho, ngenkathi esebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuze asekele imiphakathi yendawo, ikakhulukazi amaqembu ancishwe amathuba kanye nawomdabu.
The Svitlana Kravchenko umklomelo wamalungelo emvelo inikezwa isazi esisuka noma yikuphi emhlabeni “enezimfanelo ezinhle zekhanda nenhliziyo, sixuba ukuqina kwezemfundo nobushoshovu obunomoya, nokukhuluma iqiniso ngamandla, kuyilapho sibonisa umusa kubo bonke.” Iqanjwe ngoprofesa wezomthetho wase-Ukraine owaba yisakhamuzi saseMelika kanye nomhlaba wonke, futhi ihlose ukuqaphela abantu abavelele abayisibonelo semibono nemisebenzi kaSolwazi Kravchenko owashona ngo-2012. Waba nomthelela omkhulu emhlabeni kodwa washiya “engakaqedi. umsebenzi” odinga ukuqhubeka. Ngomsebenzi wabo, abamukeli bemiklomelo bayagcizelela ukuthi, "Amalungelo emvelo namalungelo abantu awahlukaniseki."
Owine umklomelo uqokwa abaqondisi ababambisene beLand, Air and Water ngemuva kokuqokwa nokubonisana nabasebenzi be-Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW), kanye noSolwazi John Bonine, umlingani oqeqeshiwe nomyeni kaProfessor Kravchenko ongasekho. . Abafundi beNyuvesi yase-Oregon Environmental and Natural Resources Programme baklomelise umklomelo ngesikhathi seNkomfa yaminyaka yonke yePublic Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) ebhekwa njengombuthano omkhulu kunayo yonke yezemvelo emhlabeni.
Kulo nyaka, le ngqungquthela iseseshini yayo yaminyaka yonke yama-40, futhi izobanjwa cishe ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19. Ngokohlelo lwengqungquthela olufakwe kusizindalwazi esisemthethweni, oklonyelisiwe kulo nyaka nguDkt Laltaika. Umklomelo uya kumuntu "owenza umthelela obanzi emthethweni, ngenkathi esebenzela ukusekela imiphakathi yendawo." Kuze kube manje sebeyisikhombisa kuphela abamukeli selokhu yakhishwa okokuqala ngo-2012. UDkt. Laltaika, oke waba nesivakashi sesifundo esimayelana nokuphambana kwamalungelo abantu nemvelo emanyuvesi amaningana emhlabeni jikelele, uzothola indondo ngesikhathi sokuthakasela umphakathi imvelo. ingqungquthela yezomthetho kusukela ngoMashi 3-6, 2022, e-Eugene, Oregon, USA.
Othole usizo lwe-Fulbright kanye nomcwaningi ovakashile wesikole sezomthetho sase-Harvard, uDkt. Laltaika ujoyina irenki yabamukeli abavelele njengoProf. Oliver Houck (USA), Patrick McGinley (USA), Antonio Oposa (Philippines), William Rogers (USA), Raquel Najera (Mexico), kanye noSvitlana Kravchenko (Ukraine/USA).
“Kuyilungelo elikhulu kimina ukujoyina abamukeli abahlonishwayo bakudala ababe negalelo elikhulu ekuvikeleni imvelo namalungelo omphakathi.”
“Okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi ngizizwa ngithobekile ngokumataniswa nomsebenzi kaSolwazi Kravchenko. Igalelo lakhe ezifundweni ezimpambanweni zamalungelo abantu kanye nemvelo lisabonisa ukuqonda,” kuphawula uDkt. Laltaika.
Ukubaluleka kwalo mklomelo “ukukhuthaza intsha esekhulile ukuba ifinyelele izinkanyezi, kuyilapho igcina izinyawo zayo ziqinile emhlabeni efuna ukuyivikela, njengoba kwenza uSvitlana.” Ihlose ukugcizelela ukuthi ukongiwa kwemvelo kufanele kuhambisane nokuhlonipha amalungelo abantu. Iphinde igcizelele ukuthi imiphakathi yendawo kanye nabantu bomdabu banamalungelo okufinyelela nokusebenzisa imithombo yabo yemvelo, yingakho beklomelisa abantu abayisibonelo emhlabeni wonke abafanekisela lokho kulinganisela emsebenzini wabo.
Ngaphandle kokuba nguMfundisi Omkhulu, uDkt. Laltaika unguMqondisi Wezocwaningo Nezokubonisana eTumaini University Makumira. Ufundisa uMthetho Wezemvelo, Umthetho Wamalungelo Abantu, Umthetho Wamazwe Ngamazwe, kanye Nezomthetho/Ifilosofi Yomthetho. Ngenkathi ese-Harvard Law School, uDkt. Laltaika wahlola amalungelo abantu bomdabu kanye nemiphakathi yasendaweni ezimbonini zokukhiqiza ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kanye nokuqhathanisa.
Ubelokhu ehlanganisa ubushoshovu nomsebenzi wezemfundo. Ngonyaka wezi-2016, uMongameli WoMkhandlu Wezomnotho Nezenhlalakahle (i-ECOSOC) weNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene wamqoka ukuthi asebenze njengelungu le-UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Ngaphambi kwalokho, ubesebenza njengesikhulu eHhovisi likaKhomishana Omkhulu Wamalungelo Abantu eGeneva.
Ezingeni lendawo, uDkt. Laltaika ubehamba phambili njengomvikeli wemiphakathi yendawo yasemakhaya. Ummeli othakasela umphakathi, uqeqeshe amajaji ezinkantolo eziphakeme kanye nabameli abasebenzayo ngamalungelo omphakathi wendawo wemithombo yemvelo, futhi usebenza emabhodini ezinhlangano ezimbalwa ezingenzi nzuzo. Ngenkathi esebenza ne-PINGOs Forum nezinye izinhlangano, uchithe izinyanga ezimbalwa phakathi kwemiphakathi yase-Barbaig, i-Akie, kanye ne-Hadza ukuze aqonde ubuthakathaka bayo obuhlukile. Muva nje i-Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) eNingizimu Afrika ixoxisane noDkt. Laltaika ukuze enze isiphakamiso sezixazululo zezomthetho ezintsha zokuvikela amalungelo omhlaba omphakathi angabazingeli e-Afrika.
Isithombe sihlonishwa ngu-A.Ihucha
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The award winner is selected by the co-directors of Land, Air and Water after nomination by and in consultation with the staff of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW), and Professor John Bonine, the professional partner and husband to the late Professor Kravchenko.
- ” It is named after a Ukrainian law professor who became a citizen of America and the entire world, and it aims at recognizing distinguished individuals who exemplify the ideals and works of Professor Kravchenko who passed away in 2012.
- Laltaika, who has guest lectured on the intersection of human rights and the environment in several universities globally, will receive the award during a public interest environmental law conference from March 3-6, 2022, in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
