Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................. 2
ACRONYMS ....................................................................................................................................... 4
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. 6
PART A ...............................................................................................................................................10
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................10
METHODOLOGY...........................................................................................................................10
PRIMARY SOURCES ...........................................................................................................................10
SECONDARY SOURCES ......................................................................................................................11
LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR ELECTIONS IN ZIMBABWE ...........................................11
DOMESTIC LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK........................................................................................12
REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK .........................................................................12
PART B ...............................................................................................................................................14
THE PRE-ELECTION PERIOD AND RELATED HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ............14
VOTER REGISTRATION ............................................................................................................14
INTERNAL POLITICAL PARTY DEMOCRACY: PRIMARY ELECTIONS .............15
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY .............................................................................................17
OBSERVER MISSIONS .......................................................................................................................18
THE NOMINATION COURT ......................................................................................................19
MEDIA COVERAGE .....................................................................................................................21
SOCIAL MEDIA ...................................................................................................................................23
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND OF THE MEDIA ..........................................................................23
POSTAL VOTING...........................................................................................................................23
A SUMMARY OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS – THE PRE-ELECTORAL ENVIRONMENT .....25
ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS ........................................................................................................29
PART C ...............................................................................................................................................31
THE ELECTION DAY ...................................................................................................................31
PARTICIPATION ...........................................................................................................................33
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND PARTICIPATION ...................................................................34
PARTICIPATION BY THE DIASPORA ...............................................................................................35
WOMEN PARTICIPATION ........................................................................................................35
PARTICIPATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY .........................................................................36
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