Protecting, Promoting and Enforcing Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom
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i)
to recommend to Parliament effective measures to promote human rights and
freedoms;
j)
To conduct research into issues relating to human rights and freedoms and social
justice; and
k)
To visit and inspecti.
prisons, places of detention, refugee camps and related facilities; and
ii.
places where mentally disordered or intellectually handicapped persons are
detained;
In order to ascertain the conditions under which persons are kept there, and to make
recommendations regarding those conditions to the Minister responsible for
administering the law relating to those places.
4.2. Strategic Plan
The Commission in 2015, successfully crafted a 5 year Strategic Plan (2015 -2020) that
spells out its vision, mission and goals. The vision of the ZHRC is to have “a Zimbabwean
Society where human rights and administrative justice are fully enjoyed by everyone” and
the mission statement is “to be an effective, fearless and independent institution that is
committed to the protection, promotion and enforcement of human rights and
administrative justice in accordance with the Constitution of Zimbabwe and international
human rights standards.” The ZHRC has also come up with core values that the
Commissioners and all members of its secretariat uphold as individuals and as a team.
The organizational culture at the ZHRC is thus shaped by these shared core values listed
below;
Fearlessness – Courage and fortitude are virtues that all members of the
Commission cherish in carrying out their Constitutional mandate.
Accessibility – All people in Zimbabwe shall have easy access to a fair, inclusive
and impartial Commission that treats all parties equitably before the law.
Independence – The Commission is truly independent and all decisions of the
Commission on any matter are made without undue external influence.
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