THE STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT |ZIMBABWE I 2017
Followed by Harare province with 33%, Mashonaland
West with 15% and Mashonaland East with 14%.
Mashonaland Central and Harare Province had the
highest number of internal displacement. Women
and children constituted 57% of the total number of
displaced people.
Developments
Establish a policy framework for the
prevention, protection of and assistance to
internally displaced persons (IDPs) at national
level;
Promote and strengthen regional and national
measures to prevent and eliminate the root
causes of internal displacement and provide
for durable solutions;
Promote the obligations and responsibilities
of State Parties; and Identify specific
obligations, roles and responsibilities of armed
groups, non-state actors and other relevant
actors including civil society organisations.
The first meeting of the Conference of state parties
to the Kampala Declaration to discuss the Plan of
Action for the implementation of the Kampala
Convention adopted by conference of states parties
was held in Harare, Zimbabwe 5 April 2017.62 This
marked a crucial step in Zimbabwe and Africa about
the welfare of IDPs.The conference sought to address We recommend that the Government of Zimbabwe
must urgently translate the provisions of the Kampala
five objectives of the Kampala convention:
Convention into national legislation in a way that
establishes a national framework addressing internal
Establish a framework for solidarity,
displacement in a comprehensive manner.
cooperation and promotion of durable
solutions between states parties;
Children playing outside a house burned during political violence in Chinhoyi in 2010 Pic Shepherd Tozvireva
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