LONDON - MR JUSTICE OUSELEY, sitting as a senior judge of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Field House, UK, has ruled the Zimbabwean land invasions as a crime against humanity.It has been the JAG Trust’s strong contention since the outset of the brutal farm invasions (1997) and the illegal land grab in Zimbabwe (2000 onwards) that what Farmers and Farm Workers have experienced, in the systematic, wide spread and ongoing, horrendous onslaught that has involved the State inspired and sponsored, total breakdown of the rule of law and the subsequent destruction of Zimbabwe’s Commercial Agricultural Sector and Economy; constitutes a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.
That the effect of this and subsequent rulings of CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY on Zimbabwe Commercial Farms will be profound in our endeavours to achieve justice and reparation for our constituency and in achieving an inclusive and just solution for the future of Zimbabwe – is an understatement. It defies belief that the attack on commercial farmers and farm workers is still rampant and ongoing…. there you have it in black and white, from a totally unexpected juristic arena.