Protecting, Promoting and Enforcing Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom 8.0 Enforcement of Human Rights The enforcement mandate of the ZHRC entails the implementation of its decisions and recommendations. The Constitution confers power on the ZHRC for the enforcement of human rights. The Commission has been able to make recommendations to Parliament and other stakeholders which have been well received and implemented. The following highlight the enforcement mandate of the Commission; 8.1 Hurungwe West By-Election Investigation The ZHRC conducted an investigation wherein the Complainant was an Independent Candidate for the Hurungwe West Constituency in the 10 June 2015 By-Elections. He lodged a complaint with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) alleging that, the atmosphere of intimidation created by ZANU-PF a contesting party in the same elections made it impossible to have free and fair elections come 10 June 2015.The complaint was then passed on to the ZHRC to investigate in terms of Section 133H of the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13]. The investigation pointed to human rights violations of the independent candidate and his supporters. The Commissioner General of the Zimbabwe Republic Police was directed to investigate the human rights violations which occurred in Hurungwe West Constituency and ensure that all the perpetrators of violence face the full wrath of the law. This is in line with Section 243 (1) (h) of the Constitution which empowers the ZHRC to direct the Commissioner –General of Police to investigate cases of suspected criminal violations of human rights or freedoms and to report to the Commission on any such investigations. 8.2 Springfarm Investigations An investigation was conducted by the ZHRC following a complaint by one of the candidates leading to the 10 June 2015 By-election. The complainant alleged human rights violations against his candidature by members of another contesting party. The ZHRC at the end of the investigations, made recommendations one of which was to direct the Commissioner General of Police in terms of Section 243 (1)(h) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe to investigate the alleged human rights violations and ensure that the perpetrators were brought to book. 8.3 Recommendations of the Commission The ZHRC, following its activities on monitoring and investigations, prepares reports with recommendations to the various stakeholders which reports are placed in the public domain as a point of reference. Although the Commission's recommendation Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2015 33