Annex 4: The Stakeholder Analysis Stakeholder Functions Civil Society Organisations Involved in advancing human rights, election monitoring, awareness raising ZHRC Collaboration with the organisations The ZHRC can establish working relations with CSOs especially those that are advancing the work of the Commission during elections. The collaboration will take the form of joint programme partnerships, and joint advocacy initiatives on issues towards the advancement of free, fair and credible elections. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission The ZEC has the mandate to run elections in Zimbabwe S 133 of the Electoral Act establishes special investigative committees tasked with investigating human rights violations in elections and to this end there has to be strong collaboration between the ZEC and the ZHRC without impinging on each other’s independence Chapter 12 Institutions Independent Commissions Supporting Democracy The Commission can establish a framework for engagement with other Chapter 12 institutions without compromising its independence. 40 | P a g e Stakeholder Expectations Action   To engage with CSOs on issues around human rights and elections  To form partnerships and find focal points within CSOs in conducting civic education, monitoring and elections monitoring excises.  To establish collaborative frameworks with CSOs that will assist with the investigation of human rights violations during the elections, i.e. CSOs can escalate human rights violations with the Commission to investigate  To expand the role of the its research support to include research around electoral laws and their relation with human rights.  To provide a platform for CSOs to feed in the monitoring and awareness activities of the commission.  Capacity building of CSOs on monitoring and raising awareness on human rights and elections  CSOs expect the Commission to be more proactive in dealing with human rights violations and to this end be able to recommend suspension of elections to ZEC in the event of gross human rights violations  ZEC expect the ZHRC to assist with the investigation of human rights violations during elections  To advise it on the state of human rights during election and to advise it on what action to take in the event of gross human rights violations in elections  To advise on electoral laws and guidelines that violet human rights during elections and capacity building of its members of human rights issues during elections To share information with them To build capacity of their institutions to be human rights complaint          Create a desk within the commission responsible for enhancing collaboration and partnerships with civil society organisations. Regular stakeholder engagement meetings with CSOs to share information and capacity building especially under the framework of the following thematic working groups: Gender Equality and Women’s Rights Civil and Political Rights Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Capacity Building and Development Establish a working platform for sharing information with ZEC Establish a focal person/desk for easy of engagement with ZEC Establishment of a working relationship with other Chapter 12 institutions Information sharing platform with other Chapter 12 institutions