A Guide to Understanding A Guide to Understanding the the NATIONAL NATIONAL PEACE & RECONCILIATION PEACE & RECONCILIATION COMMISSION COMMISSION IN ZIMBABWE IN ZIMBABWE Acknowledgments The National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) affected communities. At the end this Guide, there is a directory of acknowledges supportthat given bybe various stakeholders during the some of the organisations may important to get in touch development of this with as stakeholders to guide. the work of the NPRC. Special thanks go to the secretariat of the NTJWG, which is the International partners Zimbabwedevelopment Human Rights NGO Forum. International important contribution make. This guide actors wouldalso not have havean been successful without to the generous International organisations may be able to offer the NPRC with support of our funding partners. specific areas of expertise, through training and access to materials that out international best practice similarwe Commissions, Forset feedback and information in thisfor guide, are gratefulasto the well as background on international human rights law that may be stakeholders who read through the draft guide and gave valuable relevant to the NPRCs work. The international community may also input. the provision of international expertise that it can access facilitate from other countries, including providing consultations or training Finally, we owe to the thousands of victims have requested for of trainers and withit funding some of the NPRCs who activities. this simplified guide. It is their enduring hope for healing which keeps us on our feet. Summary box • • • 44 4 The NPRC works with both state and non-state actors in pursuit of its mandate Civil society plays an important role to make sure the NPRC meets its constitutional goals. International development partners can assist the NPRC with finances, training and other resources it needs to accomplish its work.