Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Strategic Plan 2015-2020  Brain drain  High church penetration  Advent of social media  Repatriation (Xenophobia)  Creating a human rights conscious culture so that we attract investment (cross cutting) i.e. human rights, governance, political, economic  Led to an increase in human rights cases to be dealt with. ZHRC needs to improve efficiency in service delivery to cater for increased cases  Declining quality of health facilities  Increases in outbreak of diseases, lead to various human rights issues  Social media being used to improve accessibility TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS  Rapid ICT developments  Make use of ICT to enhance communications- expression of any violations  Increased levels of ICT penetration  Need to improve cyber security to ensure privacy and human security  Expansion of ICT  Opportunity to create awareness of abuses - to monitor and report human rights abuses, disseminate information, increases violation of human rights  Advent of technology provides links to global  Room for ZHRC to collaborate with regional and international counterparties.  Need for legislative alignment to address the mismatch between the legal framework and the community LEGAL FACTORS  Weak legal framework Constitution  New Constitution in place  A policy on cyber security to ensure individual privacy  Outlines clear mandate for ZHRC, providing room for Commission to work,  Delay in the alignment of the ZHRC Act and other relevant legislation to the Constitution;  To develop a strong regulatory framework on environment  To come up with labor laws to protect the interest of local community (e.g. issues around relocation, ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS (GREEN ISSUES)  Environmental laws and land degradation pollution)  Monitoring mechanisms by the Commission to ensure enforcement  Close liaison with EMA 70