Policy, Research, Planning, Programs & Coordination in the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing. The ETWG identified the “right to water” as a priority right as was identified by the Baseline Survey on the status of human rights in Zimbabwe2. The “right to water” entitles everyone to safe, clean and potable water for personal and domestic uses. The major activities of the ETWG comprise: 10.5.1. Conference on the Right to Safe And Potable Drinking Water The Environmental Thematic Working Group (ETWG) conducted a workshop on the realisation of the right to safe, clean and portable water in Zimbabwe to deliberate on the Constitutional right to water by different stakeholders and the communities affected. The ETWG used the outcomes to plan on the strategies to lobby Parliament, relevant Authorities such as EMA, Government Ministries and the Private Sector in order to facilitate measures that promote the realisation of the right to “sufficient, safe, accessible and affordable water, without discrimination”. It also came out during the conference that the government was expected to take reasonable steps to ensure that water sources should not be contaminated and that every person should have access to the vital resource and that the right to water has a bearing on other fundamental rights like the right to life and right to health. The workshop resolved that more efforts and resources should be channeled towards research on the right to water. The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission passed the following resolutions that were recommendations of the ETWG: (a) That the working group engages watchdog institutions that monitor water 2 40 pollution by industries. In this regard the group will interrogate the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and work with it to engage “big polluters” that have red codes. The Thematic Working Group will identify the challenges faced by EMA and the big polluters in monitoring /implementing the Environmental Management Plans; (b) That the EPR Unit of the ZHRC, puts emphasis on the “right to safe water” when conducting the forthcoming meetings with Human Rights Organisations and Local Authorities; (c) That the working group engages the new Ministry of Rural Development and Preservation of National Cultural Heritage about existing plans to improve infrastructure to enhance the “access to water” in rural areas in semi-arid regions; and (d) That the working group engages ZIMRIGHTS to provide evidence about the failure by the local authority to provide safe drinking water in Mabvuku for a long period (15 years). Once this information is gathered it will become the basis of discussions between the Thematic Working Group and Harare City Council. 10.5.2. Human Rights Training Meetings For Mining Communities The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) held five human rights training meetings for Zvishavane and Shurugwi communities from the 20th to the 23rd of July 2016.The communities covered were Mhondongori, Mapirimira, Mazvihwa, Tongogara and Chachacha. These full day human rights training meetings had The Baseline Survey was conducted in May 2015 and is available on the ZHRC website Protecting, Promoting and Enforcing Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms