Foreword
This is a preliminary report on transitional justice highlighting some of the key findings of the Forum's “Taking
Transitional Justice to the People” Programme. To date, the Forum is working with the Legal Resources
Foundation, Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, Zimrights and Bulawayo
Agenda as its implementing partners. The report is not in any way meant to be an exhaustive critique of
Zimbabweans' position on transitional justice but it does capture some important observations that should be
useful to many who wish to see past wrongs addressed and the nation move forward towards a more
democratic and human rights respecting dispensation.
The Forum has only visited four provinces so far but will reach out to all the other provinces and listen to the
communities. Eventually, it is hoped that the findings from the country's provinces will help shape and inform
our engagement with authorities in encouraging them to ensure a formal transitional justice mechanism that
respects the wishes of the victims and Zimbabweans is put in place.
The Forum wishes to thank the European Commission's Delegation to Zimbabwe (EC) for funding this
initiative.