Louise

du Plessis

Louise du Plessis is a lawyer and manages the Land and Housing Programme at Lawyers for Human Rights, South Africa. For the past 20 years she has specialised in land, housing, and property rights. She has a specific interest in protecting the rights of communities affected by development, particularly within the mining sector. She has successfully brought numerous public interest cases before the South African Constitutional Court, advancing the law in these areas and protecting vulnerable groups.