33 (QJDJLQJJRYHUQPHQW ZLHR continued to engage relevant government institutions in order to influence legal and institutional reforms that undermine human rights in the country. This was done through a number of targeted interactions with Parliament, the Judicial Service Commission, the Ministry of Justice, the Department of Prisons and the Ministry of Health. ZLHR also engaged with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission. Parliament breakfast meeting There was continuous engagement with Parliament throughout the year. Other than presenting oral submissions at the invitation of Parliament in February, ZLHR also organised and facilitated a number of low-cost breakfast meetings in Harare. Discussions focused on legal, institutional reforms, facilitating a dialogue between lawyers and law makers that sought to enhance not only the legislative role of Parliament but their oversight of government departments. On 29 July 2016, ZLHR held a breakfast meeting for parliamentarians which was attended by 31 participants (19 male and 12 females) from the Senate Thematic Committee on Human Rights, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committees on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Local Government and National Housing as well as the Parliamentary Legal Committee. The objectives of the workshop were to enhance Parliament’s awareness of the Universal Periodic Review process and its oversight role in ensuring the improvement of the human rights situation in the country. It also aimed to create a platform to initiate the formulation of oversight strategies that Parliament can adopt for the upcoming UPR process to be effective. 0LQLVWU\RI+HDOWKDQG&KLOG&DUH In order to influence conversations on health, policy engagements were implemented that involved engaging CSOs, Members of Parliament and key Ministry of Health officials. Policy dialogue sessions, advocacy round tables and stakeholder meetings were some of the platforms used to undertake advocacy on policy. Key officials from central government were also invited to be participants at some of the meetings. For instance, during the round table meeting on the reform of the Public Health Act, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health attended as a key resource person. Other dialogue sessions focused mainly on sensitising parliamentarians on access to medicines in the context of intellectual property. These discussions enabled parliamentarians in the Thematic Committee on Health to formulate plans of action around law reform on intellectual property. Policy dialogue sessions reached out to 46 Members of Parliament (22 males and 24 females). ŝĂůŽŐƵĞƐ ϭϮϬ ϭϬϬ DĂůĞ ϴϬ &ĞŵĂůĞ ϲϬ dŽƚĂů ϰϬ ϮϬ Ϭ DĞŵďĞƌƐŽĨ WĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚĚŝĂůŽŐƵĞͲ ĞŝƚďƌŝĚŐĞ W,ƐƚĂŬĞŚŽůĚĞƌƐ ŵĞĞƚŝŶŐ DWW,ĚǀŽĐĂĐLJ ZŽƵŶĚƚĂďůĞ WŽůŝĐLJĚŝĂůŽŐƵĞ ZLHR Annual Report 2016 ‡