TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE AND NATIONAL HEALING SUMMARY This bi-annual report demonstrates the parody the GPA has become, particularly in meeting one of its noblest objectives, that of national healing, unity and cohesion. Article VII of the GPA provides for national healing or transitional justice. It states that there shall be an agency for national healing which shall facilitate, during the life of the GPA, the process of national healing and transitional justice. Through its projects and the assistance of the civil society, the Organ of National Healing (hereafter, the Organ) was going to provide the necessary political will to effectively bring political tensions, violence and vilifications to an end, such that the transition to democracy would begin smoothly. Violence has continued unabated with reports of the return of the political re-education bases across the country and regrouping of the militias. The public media has remained intransigent, fanning violence through its insinuating jingles and partisan reporting. The re-conceptualisation of the national youth training programmes and training of police in human rights are yet to be commenced. The organ has remained ineffectual and undecided, failing to lead in this project of national importance. The period under review does not only show how this has failed, but who has caused these problems, and how the Organ has responded in every circumstance. This report shows a general reneging on the GPA principles and proposes that the Organ be reconstituted with more power, focus and finances to enable it achieve its objectives under Article 7 of the GPA. BENCHMARKS • End acts of intolerance against select groups • Practical measures put in place to address historical imbalance in development of different regions • Full consultation with victims and survivors before the establishment of a national healing mechanism • Full civic participation leading to the establishment of the national healing mechanism • Displaced persons allowed returning home without retribution and restoration issues addressed • Promotion of initiatives to resolve the differences resolved through tolerance and mutual respect • Concrete measure (legislative and administrative) put in place to ensure political neutrality of traditional leaders COMPLIANCE Up to April 2010 there had been a commendable decline in political violence across the country. The so called “No-go Areas” hitherto controlled by ZANU-PF had been opened and civil society reported CIVIL SOCIETY MONITORING MECHANISM (CISOMM) SIX MONTH SHADOW REPORT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INCLUSIVE OF ZIMBABWE 48