TABLE OF CONTENTS Right to Protest ...................................................................... 31 Specific Cases ........................................................................ 32 CHAPTER 7 CHILDREN’S RIGHTS: SECURING THE FUTURE ......... 34 Children in Conflict with the Law ........................................... 34 Child Marriages ..................................................................... 34 Birth Registration ................................................................... 34 Education .............................................................................. 35 Children with Special Needs .................................................. 35 Socio-economic Protection .................................................... 35 Corporal Punishment ............................................................. 36 Specific Cases ........................................................................ 36 CHAPTER 8 WOMEN’S RIGHTS ....................................................... 38 Participation in Elections ........................................................ 38 Representation in Government .............................................. 39 Protection from Gender-Based and Domestic Violence .......... 40 Child Marriages ..................................................................... 40 Specific Cases ........................................................................ 41 CHAPTER 9 SEXUAL MINORITIES: LGBTQIA RIGHTS ..................... 42 The LGBTQIA and the Constitution ....................................... 42 Harassment and Discrimination ............................................. 42 Criminal Sanctions ................................................................. 43 Progress and Developments ................................................... 44 Specific Cases ........................................................................ 44 CHAPTER 10 PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ................................... 45 Exclusion and Marginalisation ................................................ 46 Electoral Participation ............................................................ 46 Representation in Governance ............................................... 47 Specific Case ......................................................................... 48 CHAPTER 11 ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS: CO-EXISTING WITH NATURE ............................................................................................ 49 Wetlands ............................................................................... 49 Mining and Environmental Protection .................................... 49 Specific Cases ........................................................................ 51 CHAPTER 12 BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS .............................. 52 Accountability and Human Rights Protections ........................ 52 iv STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ZIMBABWE 2018