Union of Campement Sites Owners and Lessees and Others v. Government of Mauritius and Others

Abstract

Human rights — Property rights — Taxes — Proprietary rights in Crown leases of campement sites — Renewal of leases — Liability to pay campement sites tax — Whether amounting to increase in rent — Whether taxing statute a colourable device — Whether proprietary rights protected by the Constitution — Whether deprivation of property without compensation — Campement Sites Tax Act 1983

Human rights — Equality before the law — Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966, Article 26 — International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 — Reports to the Human Rights Committee — European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1950 — Guidance from — Liability to pay campement sites tax — Whether tax reasonably justifiable in a democratic society — Whether violation of the right to equality before the law or equal treatment of the law — The law of Mauritius