The following is a guest post by Michèle Morel, who is a Ph.D. researcher at the Faculty of Law, Ghent University, Belgium. Her Ph.D. deals with the international legal aspects surrounding environmental displacement. On February 4, 2010, the African Union adopted the decision by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued in May 2009, which ruled in favor of an indigenous group in Kenya.[i] It is a remarkable decision because it is the first time that an African institution defends the politically most marginalized peoples. The case was brought before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights…