CONTENTS
1.
Foreword by the Chairperson of the ZHRC...................................................................... 3
2. Acknowledgements............................................................................................................. 5
3. Abbreviations....................................................................................................................... 6
4. PREFACE................................................................................................................................ 7
4.1.
Legal and policy framework.................................................................................................7
4.2.
Financial Vote Status.............................................................................................................7
4.3
Global Alliance for National Human Rights Institutions Accreditation...........................8
4.4
Acceptance to the International Ombudsman Institute...................................................8
4.5
Official Opening of the Refurbished ZHRC Offices...........................................................8
4.6
ZHRC Offices....................................................................................................................... 10
5.
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE ZHRC........................................................... 11
5.1
Commissioners................................................................................................................... 11
5.2
Departments within the Commission............................................................................... 12
5.3.
Staff Establishment of the ZHRC....................................................................................... 12
6.
ACTIVITIES 0N PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2016...................................... 15
6.1 Preamble.............................................................................................................................. 15
6.2.
Complaints received in the reporting period................................................................. 15
6.3
Monitoring and Inspection Visits to Prisons and Places of Detention......................... 17
6.4
Formulation of Bills............................................................................................................. 22
6.5
Monitoring of Elections..................................................................................................... 22
6.6
Monitoring of Human Rights: Universal Periodic Review (UPR).................................... 22
7.
PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS................................................................................. 24
7.1
Awareness raising through Commemorations of Key Regional and
International Human Rights Days..................................................................................... 24
7.2
Information Dissemination through Exhibitions and IEC Materials............................. 27
7.3
Stakeholder Engagements................................................................................................ 28
7.4. Outreaches.......................................................................................................................... 29
Protecting, Promoting and Enforcing Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
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