63. The Commission also met with the Senior President and judge presidents of the Labour Court; the Director-General of the Judicial College on behalf of the Judge President of the High Court; and the Chief Magistrate and magistrates of the Magistrates’ Court. 64. The Commission had meetings with a number of civil society organizations: the National Association of Non-Governmental Organizations, the Law Society, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace and the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association. 65. Finally, the Commission convened meetings with African ambassadors, representatives of the international donor community resident in Zimbabwe, and the United Nations Country Team. II. Meetings with the complainants and the Government in Geneva 66. The Commission met on 5 and 6 October 2009 in Geneva to hold internal discussions and meet with representatives of the complainants and the Government. On behalf of the complainants from the Workers’ group, the Commission met with Mr Guy Ryder via a video conference. On behalf of the complainants from the Employers’ group, the Commission met with Mr Edward Potter. On behalf of the Government, the Commission met with His Excellency, Mr Chitsaka Chipaziwa, Ambassador of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the United Nations. 67. In each of these meetings, the Commission was able to provide a briefing on its work to date, and to indicate the future steps that it would be taking in terms of the preparation of its report. In particular, it informed the representatives with whom it met about its on-the-spot mission to Zimbabwe in August, and sought further information, to the extent possible, on developments in the country since then. III. Communications received by the Commission following its mission 68. Through the ILO’s Subregional Office in Harare, the Commission of Inquiry was informed that on 4 September 2009 the Tripartite Negotiating Forum signed the Kadoma Declaration concerning social dialogue. 9 69. The Commission received communications from the complainants dated 14 September and 8 October 2009 alleging the dismissal of 23 workers from ZIMASCO (Pvt) Ltd Kwekwe for participating in a strike; the shooting of trade unionists in the context of a strike at the Shabanie Mine in Zvishavane; the banning of, and arrests during, demonstrations in September 2009; and police and army involvement in relation to the cases of farm workers evicted from the farms on which they had formerly worked. 9 The Kadoma Declaration Towards a Shared National Economic and Social Vision is a Tripartite Negotiating Forum document calling for political, social and economic reforms aimed at reducing Zimbabwe’s status as a “high-risk” country. Meetings-2009-Zimbabwe C of I-2009-12-0035-3-En.doc/v3 27