38 7.4 Respecting Human Rights Standards 7.4.1 UPR Ahead of the second review of Zimbabwe by the United Nations Human Rights council, on 5 June 2015, ZLHR submitted written submissions on why the implementation of a recommendation to ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness to the Thematic Committee on Human Rights, Defence and Home Affairs and the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee. ZLHR also sent documents that explained the UNHRC Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process in brief, and highlighted proceedings during the actual review in October 2011. ZLHR recommended that the Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs exercise its oversight role with regards to ratification and implementation of human rights instruments and particularly the issue of statelessness. ZLHR Annual Report 2015 Bheki Makhubu giving an acceptance speech after receiving the co-award of Southern African HRDs of the year on 27 October 2015 in Kampala, Uganda.The other co-recipient is Thulani Rudolph Maseko, who is in the background in traditional garb. 7.4.2 SAHRDN The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) is a regional network set up to enhance the protection and security of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in Southern Africa through the establishment and sustenance of a broad, coordinated and integrated platform. ZLHR acts as the Secretariat of the Network because of its track record in working on key human rights issues in Zimbabwe and in the region. In 2015 SAHRDN conducted successful regional and international advocacy efforts that led to the release of the incarcerated Swaziland human rights defenders, Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu on 30 June 2015 by the Swaziland Supreme Court. The two Swazi human rights defenders, were subsequently awarded the prestigious continental award of the Southern African Human Rights Defenders of the year on 27 October 2015 in Kampala, Uganda.