TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. BACKGROUND.................................................................................................................................. 5
2. THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR ADDRESSING THE ZIMBABWE QUESTION............... 5
3. IMPLEMENTING THE COMMONWEALTH ACTION PROGRAMME AND THE
RESPONSE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE................................................................. 6
4. THE BASIS FOR CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH ZIMBABWE BY THE
COMMONWEALTH.............................................................................................................................. 8
5. THE COMMONWEALTH AND ZIMBABWE: ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF
THE ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT IN RESTORING DEMOCRACY.......................................... 9
5.1 THE LAND QUESTION.................................................................................................................10
5.2 HUMAN RIGHTS........................................................................................................................... 11
5.3 THE RULE OF LAW .....................................................................................................................12
5.3.1 THE POLICE FORCE.................................................................................................................12
5.3.2 THE PRISON SERVICE............................................................................................................. 13
5.3.3 THE PROSECUTION SERVICE............................................................................................... 14
5.3.4 THE JUDICIARY.........................................................................................................................14
5.3.5 LEGAL PRACTITIONERS........................................................................................................ 15
5.3.6 FLOUTING OF COURT ORDERS AND CONTEMPT FOR THE COURTS..................... 16
5.3.7 THE MILITIA.............................................................................................................................. 16
5.3.8 THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION ......................................................... 16
5.3.9 THE ARMED FORCES...............................................................................................................17
5.4
DEMOCRATIC PRACTICES................................................................................................. 17
5.5
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................ 19
6.
WHAT IS TO BE DONE?......................................................................................................... 19
6.1 RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ...................................................................................................... 20
6.1.1 POLITICAL & DIPLOMATIC ............................................................................................. 20
6.1.2 DIALOGUE & CAPACITY BUILDING FOR CIVIL SOCIETY.......................................... 23
APPENDIX 1..........................................................................................................................................27
THE HARARE COMMONWEALTH DECLARATION, 1991....................................................... 27
APPENDIX 2..........................................................................................................................................30
THE MILLBROOK COMMONWEALTH ACTION PROGRAMME ON THE HARARE
DECLARATION, 1995..........................................................................................................................30
APPENDIX 3..........................................................................................................................................33
COOLUM COMMUNIQUÉ.................................................................................................................33
APPENDIX 4..........................................................................................................................................35
STATEMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH MINISTERIAL ACTION GROUP ON
ZIMBABWE...........................................................................................................................................35
APPENDIX 5..........................................................................................................................................38
CONCLUSIONS OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF COMMONWEALTH
FOREIGN...............................................................................................................................................38
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