6$'&/DZ\HUV$VVRFLDWLRQ Attendance at the SADC Lawyers Association’s (SADCLA) AGM, Cape Town, South Africa From 17-19 August 2016, the ZLHR chairperson and Executive Director represented the organisation at the SADCLA AGM. The main purpose of ZLHR’s attendance at the SADCLA AGM was to take advantage of the gathering to engage with SADCLA and other regional rule of law institutions in attendance that ZLHR has been working with over the past decades in promoting and enhancing rule of law and human rights in the region. The meeting presented ZLHR with an opportunity to engage partners and share primary, evidence-based information on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe with a view to influence the regional law-based body to take a more active role in advocating for a local environment that upholds the principles of human rights, good governance and the rule of law principles that are at the core of the work of SADCLA. Moving forward, ZLHR will continue to engage SADCLA through strategic meetings to prepare for election observer processes in Zimbabwe for the forthcoming 2018 election processes.  &RQWULEXWLQJWHFKQLFDOH[SHUWLVH 37 out advocacy work nationally and internationally. The Tribunal provides an opportunity to meet with like-minded organisations and share strategies to deal with cases of evictions.  /LWLJDWLRQ ZLHR continued to use continental legal mechanisms in efforts to obtain redress for survivors of violations to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights who had failed or had been unable to obtain legal remedies through the national courts. In 2016, lawyers followed up on pending communications that included: x Attempts to enforce the diaspora community to exercise their right to vote. This communication was filed in 2103 and provisional measures were granted in favour of some applicants in the diaspora that recommended that the government facilitate their right to vote during the 2013 elections. This recommendation was not implemented and ZLHR is still pursuing this legal challenge for the case to be heard and finalised as it remains ongoing until a final order is granted. • A challenge on behalf of Women of Zimbabwe Arise that was filed by ZLHR against the conduct of the police in dealing with demonstrations that violate the rights to free expression, assembly and association. Between 12 and 20 October 2016, ZLHR attended the United Nations Habitat 3 conference in Quito Ecuador. At the sidelines of this conference, Blessing Nyamaropa attended the International Tribunal on Evictions that was convened by International Alliance Against Forced Evictions that was running concurrently with Habitat 3. International Tribunal on Evictions is an opinion tribunal established by CSOs to discuss the challenges of forced evictions that occur around the world. During the 2016 Tribunal, seven cases were presented for consideration. ZLHR participated in the tribunal as a member of the jury. The victims of evictions are given an opportunity to present their cases to the jury. At the end, the jury makes recommendations that can be used by victims and organisations supporting victims to carry ZLHR Annual Report 2016 ,QWHUQDWLRQDO7ULEXQDORQ(YLFWLRQV