Report of the 2014 International Human Rights Day Commemorations - 10th December 2014
Amphitheatre, Bulawayo
Part of the crowd who participated in the commemorative march hold placards with messages on human
rights protection and promotion, (Courtesy; ZHRC Education, Promotion & Research and Public
Relations Units)
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T/Shirts
Throughout the march and during the commemorations at the main venue,
awareness of the mandate and work of ZHRC and that of partners was enhanced by
ZHRC staff and representatives of partner organisations and ZHRC Commissioners
wearing t/shirts branded with the ZHRC and corporate logos of donors who
supported the commemorations. The t/shirts highlighted ZHRC’s mandate and
functions to “protect, promote and enforce human rights” as well as the theme
for this year’s commemorations “Human Rights 365”.
Messages printed on the t/shirts contributed to raising public awareness of the
functions and constitutional mandate of the ZHRC as well as amplifying the theme
for this year’s commemorations, emphasising the need for everyone’s human rights
to be protected, promoted and enforced at all levels of society every day of the
year. For enhanced visibility and to assist the crowd, ZHRC staff wore identification
tags labelled “staff” and ZIMRIGHTS deployed Ushers who were similarly
identifiable in their ushering bibs.
These staff identification arrangements assisted the crowd in identifying ZHRC and
partner staff and contributed immensely to maintaining an orderly commemorative
event.
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