=/+5EH\RQG=LPEDEZH·VERUGHUV The organisation’s Protection of Human Rights Defenders programme area spearheaded ZLHR’s strategic partner engagement, advocacy and litigation at the sub-regional, continental and global platforms in 2016. ZLHR engaged with quasi-government institutions in attempts to influence foreign policy, legal proceedings and policy engagement to improve the rights and governance conditions in Zimbabwe and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). Some of the institutions targeted by ZLHR included the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Union, the Southern African Development Community, and the United Nations Human Rights Council.  $GYRFDF\ $IULFDQ&RPPLVVLRQRQ+XPDQDQG3HRSOHV·5LJKWV $&+35