A Guide to Understanding A Guide to Understanding the the NATIONAL NATIONAL PEACE & RECONCILIATION PEACE & RECONCILIATION COMMISSION COMMISSION IN ZIMBABWE IN ZIMBABWE Where does the NPRC get Acknowledgments 9.0 resources and personnel? The National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) The NPRC is going to require a variety of people to work for it. These acknowledges given by rights various stakeholders during the may include such support people as human experts, investigators, development of this guide. legal experts, researchers, therapists or social workers, translators, computer specialists, data- entry staff and security personnel, to Special go to the secretariat NTJWG, which is the name just athanks few categories. The position of of thethe Executive Secretary is critical to overall management the day to day business of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGOof Forum. NPRC. This guide would not have been successful without the generous support of our funding partners. 9.1 Financial resources For feedback and information in this guide, we are grateful to the Under section 322 of the Constitution ‘, Parliament must ensure stakeholders who read through the draft guide and gave valuable that sufficient funds are made available for all the Commissions input. under it to do their work effectively.’ created owe thousands of victims requested for TheFinally, NPRCwe will notit to bethe wholly dependent onwho the have Government forthis funding as provided under the NPRC’s section 18.keeps simplified guide. It isfor their enduring hope forAct healing which According section 18 of the NPRC Act, the NPRC can receive us on ourto feet. any donations, grants or bequests made by any person or organisation or any government of any country. However, section 18 of the NPRC Act requires the NPRC to consult with the Minister before accepting such donations, grants or bequests. So far the NPRC has not been receiving enough funding for its activities. According to official financial records, for the 2016 financial year the Commission was allocated $200 000. In 2017, it was reported that the Commission was allocated $1 900 000. 9.2 The NPRC Secretariat Section 234 of the Constitution gives the NPRC power to hire and fire its own Secretariat. This means that the Commission must develop its own recruitment policy, draft its own needs, job descriptions, advertise and hire competent staff without being directed by anyone. The details of how this will be done in practice will be spelt out in the policies and procedures of the NPRC. 40 4