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) Contents acknowledges support given by various stakeholders during the development of this guide. Acknowledgments ......................................................................................................5 Special thanks go to the secretariat of the NTJWG, which is the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum. Foreword .......................................................................................................................6 Thisthis guide not have been successful without the generous About Guidewould ...........................................................................................................7 support of our funding partners. Chapter 1: What is the NPRC? ..................................................................................8 For feedback and information in this guide, we are grateful to the stakeholders who read through the draft guide and gave valuable Chapter input.3: What exactly is the mandate of the NPRC? ....................................15 Chapter 2: Which law regulates the NPRC? .........................................................11 Chapter 4: How does the NPRC work?..................................................................21 Finally, we owe it to the thousands of victims who have requested for this simplified guide. It is of their hope for healing which keeps Chapter 5: What is the duration the enduring NPRC?.....................................................25 us on our feet. Chapter 6: How does the NPRC make Reports and Recommendations?.........29 Chapter 7: How are the NPRC Commissioners Appointed? .............................32 Chapter 8: How do I approach the NPRC?..........................................................36 Chapter 9: Where does the NPRC get resources and personnel? ..................39 Chapter 10: Who are the NPRC Stakeholders ......................................................42 Annexure 1: NPRC Commissioners Biography......................................................45 Annexure 2: Directory of CSOs working on the NPRC ........................................53 Annexure 3: Constitution extract on the NPRC....................................................67 4