For general interest, the Federal Court in Nigeria has just declared unconstitutional the massive gas flaring by Shell in the Niger Delta. The Court found it violates the constitutional right to life and dignity.
Environmental and human rights lawyers around the world are very excited about it.

The court ordered the shell petroleum development company to stop the gas flaring in the Niger Delta . this court order is also an example of positive and effective civil society participation . the case was brought to court through local communities and supported by Environmental Rights Action/Friends of The Earth Nigeria . without this cooperation and effective role of local communities and civil society , this court order would have not been issued .

Campaign against Carcinogenic Insecticides

Started July 2004.

Campaign Objective: To stop importing carcinogenic insecticides and prosecuting the people responsible for its importation into Egypt.

The Tools:
1. Conducting a comprehensive legal research
2. Suing certain officials in the Ministry of Agriculture
3. Issuing a press statement to reply to the Agriculture ex-Minister statement.

Campaign of the Man made Island in the Nile River .

Started in May 2002.

Campaign objectives: to halt the creation of a man-made island in the Nile river in Maadi, Cairo.

the tools:
1. Conducting a comprehensive legal research
2. Submitting a complaint to the ministry of water resources
3. Directing a call to the prime minister and competent ministries to participate in social activities

4. Submitting a notice to the public attorney

Asbestos campaign

Started in Aril 2004

Its objective: stopping the importation of Asbestos material and its products, and banning its use in Egypt.

Statement regarding the court case filled by Habi Center for Environmental Rights against H.E. Minister of Interior and others regarding the Black Cloud.
Building on the efforts that the Habi Center for Environmental Rights (HCER) has initiated three years ago to confront the acute air pollution problem in Cairo (which is referred to in the media by the Black Cloud), the HCER has filled a court case number 1898 dated October 22, 2002 requesting the Minister of Interior to issue a decree that will entail measuring the exhaust gases of Cairo vehicles.

Amidst a state of confusion and conflicting statements from government officials, the smog phenomenon (also known as the Black Cloud) has occurred for the sixth year challenging all the official statements. It also uncovered the complete failure of concerned authorities to coordinate amongst them to deal with this reoccurring environmental disaster which became a riddle! A riddle due to the contradicting statements of the government officials!

In response to the dangerous violations that took place in the national protectorate of Wadi Degla in Maadi (such as constructing a highway through it and the growing amount of garbage surrounding it), the HCER, in collaboration with several NGO's, has called the following officials:

• H.E. Prime Minister of Egypt.
• H.E. State Minister for Environmental Affairs.
  

Dear Members of the Housing Committee,

The HCER is campaigning against the increasing spread of cell phone reception and transmission stations. These stations are not environmental compliant and are spreading within residential areas which will induce adverse environmental and negative health impacts.