While nominated by different organisations, members of the NTJWG serve the group in their voluntary personal capacity to advance the needs of transitional justice stakeholders as expressed in the strategic plan of the NTJWG. All members of the NTJWG are accountable to the transitional justice stakeholders. While some government entities participated in the formative meetings of the NTJWG, the NTJWG is not a government entity but an independent initiative by stakeholders. 4.0 Operating Context The NTJWG comes into operation when Zimbabwe has just started operationalizing the new Constitution, which creates, in section 252, the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC), as well as a number of other institutions that support a culture of human rights and democracy. This creates an opportunity for transitional justice stakeholders to contribute to any national process aimed at achieving post-conflict justice, healing and reconciliation. The NTJWG acknowledges that Zimbabwe is not in a post-conflict state and that there are attendant challenges to the current context. There is currently no consensus regarding the way forward. The current transitional justice discourse is top–down and there is need to activate the bottom so as to create a bottomup approach. The NTJWG also acknowledges that there are not yet sufficient protection mechanisms for victims and the security situation is not conducive for an open dialogue regarding past violations. Violations of human rights are still ongoing and the economic aspects of transitional justice have been largely ignored. The culture of impunity continues to prevail. Within this context, the NTJWG realizes that there is need to work towards the transformation of the environment and the structures and create space for the realization of justice and accountability for all Zimbabweans. 5.0 Strategic Vision Conscious of the stated context, the NTJWG shares with all transitional justice stakeholders the vision for a peaceful, just, accountable and democratic society. Our purpose is to facilitate consensus among transitional justice actors on appropriate transitional justice principles and processes for Zimbabwe. Our mission is to create an inclusive space for the coordination of transitional justice stakeholders, share experiences; build synergies for comprehensive, accountable, victim-centred and participatory transitional justice processes in Zimbabwe. In pursuit of this vision, the NTJWG will be guided by the following values:   4