NATIONAL TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE WORKING GROUP ZIMBABWE NEWSLETTER Transitional Justice Briefing – Jan to March 2018 | 06 April 2018 ABOUT THIS BRIEFING The NPRC Act & stakeholders response On 5 January 2018, the Government gazetted the NPRC Act [Chapter 10:32] finally operationalising the NPRC, almost five years since the Constitution established the NPRC. NTJWG issued a Press Statement welcoming the Act and pointing out the weaknesses of the Act. Please read the full statement here. Many stakeholders welcomed the Act and encouraged the NPRC to get down to work. Heal Zimbabwe issued a statement applauding the President for the Act. The statement by Heal Zimbabwe is available here. The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) also issued a statement welcoming the Act. Please find the statement here. On 12 January, 2018 the NPRC addressed a Press Conference at Munhumutapa Building in Harare. Issues were raised at the Conference regarding the adequacy of the law, appointment of the Chairperson and the timeframe for the Commission. Commissioners did not seem to have much knowledge on the issue of the Chairperson and timeframe and noted that they had scheduled a meeting with Vice-President Mohadi to discuss the outstanding issues. On the adequacy of the law, Commissioner Masunungure said that the regulations will try to fill in the gaps. Please read our report of the press conference here. This update serves to provide a brief update for Stakeholders on the transitional justice developments in the country as well as activities of the NTJWG in the first quarter of 2018. This briefing covers the NPRC Act and the Next Steps, continuing dialogue on the transitional justice processes, NTJWG Stakeholders Conference, NTJWG Interface with the Special Advisor to the President, NTJWG interface with the NPRC, the Transitional Justice Archive, the NPRC Watch, the Guide to Understanding the NPRC, among other developments. Continuing dialogue on Transitional Justice in Zimbabwe On 9 January 2018, the NTJWG Secretariat did a radio interview on Star FM providing an analysis of the Act. Please listen to the interview here. Please download the Act here and let us hear what you think. On 24 January 2018, Zimbabwe's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa was interviewed in Davos, Switzerland by BBC’s Mishal Husain at the World Economic Forum. Mnangagwa was 1 TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE BRIEFING – JAN TO MARCH 2018

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