Contents
List of acronyms
List of legislation cited
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1.0 Executive Summary
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2.0 Introduction
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3.0 Background
3.1 Enabling factors for political violence
3.2 Policy and regulatory environment
3.3 Methodology
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4.0 Findings
4.1 Forms of abuse
4.2 Violations pertaining to access to justice
4.3 Violations of expression and assembly rights
4.4 Violations of the rights of special interest groups
4.5 Violations of socio-economic and cultural rights
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5.0 Magnitude of rights violations
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6.0 Conclusion
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Appendices
Appendix 1: Participating organizations
Appendix 2: Local human rights organizations in Zimbabwe, 2009
Appendix 3: Cumulative table of violations, 2009
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