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 47