TABLE OF CONTENTS Use of Presidential Powers ..................................................... 15 Institutional Reform and Legal Compliance ............................ 15 Specific Cases ........................................................................ 16 CHAPTER 4 THE ECONOMY: IS ZIMBABWE OPEN FOR BUSINESS? ........................................................................................ 17 Macroeconomic Performance ................................................ 17 Unemployment ..................................................................... 19 Impact of Economy on Human Rights .................................... 20 Corruption and Corruption-Fighting ....................................... 20 CHAPTER 5 SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS: LIVING IN DIGNITY ..... 21 Water and Sanitation ............................................................. 21 Access to Electricity ................................................................ 22 Health ................................................................................... 22 Specific Cases 23 Labour Rights 23 Education 24 Humanitarian and Food Assistance 24 Housing, Land and Evictions 24 Specific Cases 24 CHAPTER 6 CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS: THE FREEDOM TO WALK, TALK AND ACT ..................................................................... 25 Arrests and Detention ............................................................ 25 Specific Cases ........................................................................ 26 Independence of the NPA ...................................................... 27 Problematic Laws ................................................................... 27 Specific Cases ........................................................................ 28 Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society Space .................. 29 Specific Cases ........................................................................ 29 Abductions and Disappearances ............................................ 29 Extra-Judicial Killings .............................................................. 30 Torture ................................................................................... 30 Freedom of Movement .......................................................... 30 Identity and Citizenship ......................................................... 30 State of Prisons ...................................................................... 31 Freedom of Assembly and Association .................................... 31 iii STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ZIMBABWE 2018