14 5. Protecting the Constitution 5.1 Contribution to Legislative Alignment 5.1.1 Legislative Analyses 99 ZLHR produced one publication focusing on priority laws that must be harmonised with the Constitution. On 4 May 2015, ZLHR engaged Parliament during a public hearing on the Gender Commission Bill. This was during the Portfolio Committee on Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development and the Thematic Committee on Gender and Development final joint public hearing in Harare. ZLHR made presentations from a civil society perspective of its analysis of the Bill and highlighted areas where the Bill needed strengthening and/or revision in line with the Constitution and regional standards. The presentation enhanced the committee members’ understanding of areas were the Bill needed strengthening. ZLHR Annual Report 2015 Parliamentarians and other stakeholders follow proceedings during a meeting 24 July 2015, Parliament Dialogue Meetings, Rainbow Towers, Harare ZLHR attended a Parliament Dialogue organised by the Southern Africa Parliamentary Support Trust (SAPST) in collaboration with Parliament, which was attended by about 50 participants. The principal objective of the workshop was to assist Members of Parliament in understanding the various provisions of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Amendment Bill as well as the General Laws Amendment Bill. During the meeting it was clear that there was a gap in knowledge as most legislators are not conversant with the Constitution and therefore were ill equipped to conduct the outreach to get people’s views on the bills. The need for capacity building of parliamentary committees on human rights was apparent.