FIGURE 3: Distribution of Perpetrators by Violator Institution 1 January to 31 May
2017
ZANU-PF were the main perpetrators of violence, accounting for 40% of the violence,
followed by ZRP, which accounted for 39% of the violence, the Harare Municipal police 9%,
ZNA 7%, and unknown 5%.
Conclusion
The continued violation of human rights is partly exacerbated by the government’s disregard
of constitutionalism and the rule of law reflected in the lack of progress in the alignment of
domestic laws with the Constitution. According to VERITAS, “some 74 existing Acts of
Parliament remain unaligned with the Constitution and many new laws, which the
Constitution says must be enacted, have not appeared on the statute book.”3 The government
must therefore urgently prioritize the alignment of laws. Further there is need for law
3
See
the VERITAS website on the list of laws that need to be aligned with the
Constitutionhttp://veritaszim.net/node/2053
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