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Report on the Analysis of the Criminal
Justice System and Conditions of Pre-Trial
Detention in Zimbabwe
On the Correct Path, or Lost in the Forest?
This report was produced in May 2014. It is an
evaluation of the government’s compliance with,
and implementation of, the new Constitution
covering the critical election period immediately
after the promulgation of the Constitution and
the relevant court decisions made during that
period. Violations by omission and commission
are detailed in the report as well as various
statutes that require urgent amendment. General
breaches are listed, whilst more far-reaching
instances of non-compliance are reported in
a more detailed and substantive manner. The
report concludes with recommendations on how
to strengthen compliance and improve areas in
A publication on prison conditions jointly published by ZLHR, the Law Society of
Zimbabwe and the Community Law Centre at the University of the Western Cape
Analysis of Electoral Amendment Bill
which progress in implementation has been slow.
The publication was the result of work done by
various members of the Civil Society Monitoring
Mechanism (CISOMM) and is a collation of the
information obtained from them.
ZLHR produced an analysis of the Electoral
Amendment Bill that was gazetted in 2014. This
analysis measured compliance in relation to the
process of amending the law, as well as whether
the content complied with the provisions of the
new Constitution and regional and international
standards on the conduct of free and fair elections.
A number of pertinent observations were made
on the provisions, with recommendations on how
the Bill could be improved in order to contribute
more substantively to free and fair elections in the
future.
ZLHR Annual Report 2014
ZLHR, in collaboration with the Law Society
of Zimbabwe, produced a publication on the
criminal justice delivery system and the conditions
of pre-trial detention in Zimbabwe. The research
focused on the conditions of detention centres
and prisons in Zimbabwe and the criminal justice
delivery chain with a view to identifying ways
to enhance the rights of pre-trial detainees. The
findings were validated and ultimately endorsed
by stakeholders who included government
agencies, the legal profession, and civil society.
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