9.4 Legal Drafting and Judgement/ Decision Writing Workshop It is critical for an NHRI to be capacitated on legal drafting and decision making as it is pivotal for it to draft legal opinions, legal briefs, and judgements since its day to day work involves receiving complaints that require investigating, conciliation or mediation. It was against this background that ZHRC secretariat was trained on legal drafting from the 29th of August to the 2nd of September 2016 in Vumba. The main objective of the workshop was to equip the ZHRC Secretariat with legal drafting knowledge and skills. Teaching them on how to research and synthesise facts, laws, and legal issues in order to achieve a concise and articulate legal document. This training workshop contributed towards ZHRC staff acquiring the requisite tools with the adoption of standards that will lead to the development of clear, relevant and logical legal drafts. 9.5 59th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights The ZHRC attended the 59th Ordinary Session of African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights held in Gambia from the 20th to the 29th of October 2016. The Session was particularly focusing on the rights of women. The ZHRC had an opportunity to appreciate the different working groups that presented on various human rights issues, to learn and adopt best practices from other NHRIs. The Commission learnt that Zimbabwe has not yet submitted any reports since 2006 which have amounted to 5 state party reports in total. It is recommended that Government should expedite the process of reporting and to engage all relevant stakeholders in this process. ZHRC plans to apply for affiliate status with the African Commission in 2017 to enable submission of reports on progress or challenges in the promotion and protection of human rights. 9.6 Train the Trainer Part 2 Workshop The ZHRC through its 5 Year Strategic Plan (2015-2020) is encouraged to capacitate itself with diverse skills, by training staff to develop relevant technical capacity to exploit modern information and communication technologies necessary to enhance institutional performance. The Strategic Plan also provides for continued professional development and technical skills capacity building programs. ZHRC Secretariat participated in Train the Trainer Part 2 from the 1st to the 4th of November 2016. The capacity building training was a follow-up to the Train the Trainer Part 1 that dealt with instructional techniques which was held in Gweru in 2015. The material used for the training allowed participants to attain knowledge in carrying out a training needs analysis, developing training budgets and design suitable training materials to measure and evaluate training initiatives. The training highlighted on the importance of conducting research before engaging people in that set up and the need to write clear, concise and well structured reports. The training provided ZHRC Officers with a broad conceptual framework on how to conduct effective training in their various capacities. The outcome of the training was an appreciation and understanding by participants on the principles of how to be a trainer. Fig 18: Presentations and group work by participants at the training Protecting, Promoting and Enforcing Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 35