THE STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT |ZIMBABWE I 2017 Contents In solidarity with families of the disappeared ................................................................................ 8 FOREWORD .................................................................................................................................................................. 9 TAKING STOCK OF OUR HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNEY .................................................................................. 9 Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................................10 PART A ........................................................................................................................................12 HUMAN RIGHTS ARCHITECTURE, MONITORING FRAMEWORK, AND FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO VIOLATIONS  .....................................................................12 CHAPTER 1 ................................................................................................................................13 MAKING SENSE OF ZIMBABWE’S Human Rights Architecture.........................13 Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................14 The Human Rights Architecture ......................................................................................................14 The Bill of Rights .........................................................................................................................................14 Other Statutes ..............................................................................................................................................15 International Obligations .................................................................................................................15 Factors that contributed to human rights violations ..............................................15 PART B ........................................................................................................................................16 SUMMARY OF THE VIOLATIONS  ..........................................................................................16 CHAPTER 2 ................................................................................................................................17 The Humanity in Human Rights..................................................................................17 Security of Persons.........................................................................................................17 Violation of Rights Relating to Human Dignity and the Right to Life ..............18 Enforced Disappearances and Abductions ............................................................................19 Specific Cases ...........................................................................................................................................19 Torture & other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ...20 Specific Cases ...........................................................................................................................................20 Arbitrary arrest and detention .....................................................................................................21 Specific Cases ...........................................................................................................................................21 Politically motivated assault ...........................................................................................................22 Specific Cases ...........................................................................................................................................22 Harassment and intimidation ...........................................................................................................23 Specific Cases ...........................................................................................................................................23 CHAPTER 3 ................................................................................................................................24 Give me Liberty or Give Me Death................................................................................24 Fundamental Freedoms..................................................................................................24 Respect for Civil Liberties ......................................................................................................................25 Freedom of expression and of the media ..................................................................................25 Specific Cases ...........................................................................................................................................26 Freedom of assembly and association .........................................................................................27 Specific Cases ...........................................................................................................................................27 Freedom to demonstrate and petition ......................................................................................28 Specific Cases ...........................................................................................................................................28 Civic Space and Human Rights Policy Framework .............................................................29 Specific Cases ...........................................................................................................................................29 Interventions by civil society ..........................................................................................................29 Developments .................................................................................................................................................30 Governance, Elections and Participation ...............................................................................30 Specific Cases ...........................................................................................................................................32