ZPP Sept 2015 MMR
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- Sep 30, 2015
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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The report stresses how the political environment continues to be stressed with various coercion phenomena manifesting around several sticky issues thus support or starve.
“Resolute action to immediately revive the grassroots structures?” Or Crimes Against Humanity?
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- Dec 31, 2008
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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In this report, the Human Rights Forum made the very strong allegation that the Government of Zimbabwe is complicit at the least in the commission of Crimes against Humanity.
An Investigation into the Sequelae of Torture and Organised Violence in Zimbabwean war veterans.
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- Apr 15, 1996
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- Trauma
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This report details the clinical findings from 5 months of attending the clinic at Harare Hospital.The consequences of organised violence are many and complex, and include both physical and psychological effects. Since this is a new field there are still controversies about the effects and how best to classify them. The definition of organised violence too is complex, having to cover a wide variety of causes and effects on people.
Community-based rehabilitation for survivors of organised violence: Some preliminary findings
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- Apr 30, 1995
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- Trauma
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There is now a substantial literature dealing with the consequences of repressive violence on individuals and families (1). The literature details the effects, on individuals, of torture and violent injury, as well as the effects of exposure to violent situations, and also deals with both the short-term and long-term effects.
Compensation for gross human rights violations: Torture and the War Victims Compensation Act.
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- Dec 30, 1998
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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This present paper will first analyse the problems involved in compensating victims of human rights violations, summarising the international perspective. It will then turn to a summary of the situation in Zimbabwe, detailing what is known here in Zimbabwe about the victims of gross human rights violations, and then examining these findings with respect to the War Victims Compensation Act(1980), and its provisions and procedures.
DAMN LIES? GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING APRIL 2008
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- Apr 30, 2008
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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The Human Rights Forum is issued this brief report, to compliment the reports already issued, adding to the calls for strong international action to be taken in order to ensure the integrity of the coming poll, and to call for immediate steps to be taken to protect the rights of ordinary Zimbabwe citizens to chose their leaders without coercion, and in a climate in which their basic freedoms are respected, enforced, and protected under the Constitution.
Diamonds in the Rough: Human Rights Abuses in the Marange Diamond Fields of Zimbabwe
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- Jun 30, 2009
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Children
- Trauma
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Zimbabwe’s armed forces, under the control of President Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), are engaging in forced labor of children and adults and are torturing and beating local villagers on the diamond fields of Marange district.
Epidemic violence and the community: A Zimbabwean case study.
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- Dec 30, 1998
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- Trauma
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This paper deals with the problem of epidemic violence and its consequences, most notably with the problem of torture, which is a common consequence of epidemic violence. It is located in that most violent of continents, Africa, and in Zimbabwe in particular.
Heroes in the dock
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- May 31, 2002
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- Trauma
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This present monograph concentrates upon the effects upon the witnesses who testified in the petitions. Most of these witnesses were victims of organised violence and torture during the June 2000 General Election. They were either primary victims – those who were direct victims of organised violence or torture – or secondary victims – family members or witnesses to direct violence. They were followed up after they had given their testimony, and a detailed interview conducted on their experiences during and after testimony in the High Court.
Human rights report on Zimbabwe 2009
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- Dec 30, 2006
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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This report is a collaborative effort between the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (The Forum) to have a competent, national and collective human rights appraisal of Zimbabwe that can be an addition and alternative to external Zimbabwe human rights assessments.
Is Torture a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
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- Dec 30, 1994
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- Trauma
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) has been argued to be a useful classification in dealing with stressors of an extreme nature, specifically those of a "catastrophic" nature according to Axis IV of DSM III and DSM III(R). The stressor no longer forms part of the background theory of a disorder, as is the case for many disorders, but forms the rationale for the disorder.
January 2017 Conflict Update Report 1
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- Jan 30, 2017
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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This report is a compilation of emerging conflicts and rising tensions in Zimbabwe, with a particular focus on rural communities. While the report may not be exhaustive, it records current conflict trends and their causes. It identifies different types of human rights violations within different communities.
Knowledge, attitudes and experiences of nurses on human rights, their violations and medical ethics in Zimbabwe.
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- May 31, 2001
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- Trauma
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This study was conducted as a preliminary to the launch of a Forensic Nurse training course, and the aim was to investigate the understanding by nurses of human rights issues in relation to nursing. The approach was similar to that used in a previous study of medical students carried out in 2000 by the Amani Trust, in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Medical Students’ Association.
Meltdown: Murambatsvina One Year On.
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- Aug 30, 2006
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- Displacements
- Murambatsvina
- Trauma
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Between 1991 and 2003, urban poverty trebled in Zimbabwe. It was against this background of escalating economic collapse and social disintegration that “Operation Murambatsvina” (OM), or “Discarding the Filth”, took place in mid 2005. In the space of a few weeks, 700,000 people lost their homes and/or livelihoods in a process that the UN has referred to as “indiscriminate and unjustified”. More than two million others suffered related losses as a result of the demolitions.
Only bruises on the soles of their feet: Falanga in Zimbabwe.
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- Jan 31, 2009
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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Falanga is unequivocally a form of torture and constitutes a serious criminal assault under Zimbabwean law. This form of torture has become particularly prevalent in the past five years. Although falanga has been reported in previous decades, it now appears to be very widespread indeed, and almost routine, both inside and outside of places of detention.
Organised Violence and Torture in Zimbabwe in 1999
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- Date recorded
- Mar 31, 2000
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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The crisis which began in late 1997 showed little sign of abating during 1999, and all political commentators remain agreed that the severe crisis continuing in Zimbabwe shows little sign of immediate resolution. The President continued to act without consulting Parliament or with respect to the Constitution.
Organised Violence and Torture in Zimbabwe: Harare and Copenhagen, 6 June 2000
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- Jun 6, 2000
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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The current report is based on information compiled from both a wide range of sources and researched locally by the IRCT delegation. The IRCT delegation visited Zimbabwe from 29 May to 6 June 2000. The delegation comprised Maria Piniou- Kalli, MD, IRCT President and specialist dermatologist, Inge Genefke, MD.DMSc hc, IRCT Secretary-General and specialist neurologist, and Soraya Usmani Martinez, IRCT Project Coordinator for Sub Saharan Africa.
Organised Violence and Torture: A Zimbabwean Case Study
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- Nov 28, 2000
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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The use of Emergency Powers and the Law and Order (Maintenance) Act was continued by the Mugabe government, but extended considerably by the Presidential Powers Act, and always finally the use of formal impunity and pardons to cover human rights violations. There remains a consistent pattern in Zimbabwe: of periods in which gross human rights violations are permitted and even encouraged, followed by the formal excusing of such violations by impunity.
Peace Clubs Training Manual
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- Dec 31, 2015
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- Trauma
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This Training Toolkit is a guide for Peace Clubs that will be implementing peacebuilding and conflict transformation activities in their communities. The guide provides an overview of Heal Zimbabwe Trust (HZT) activities and what the organisation seeks to achieve by implementing grassroots level peace interventions.
Prison Report 2018
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- Oct 18, 2018
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- Trauma
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The primary objectives of this study were to assess the compliance of selected prisons with international and domestic standards on conditions of detention; to consolidate the fi ndings from the prison monitoring project conducted by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) and its membership; to make recommendations for reforms and propose key priority areas.
Psycho-Social assistance to Survivors of the Liberation War. A Report on Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe.
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- May 31, 2006
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- Gukurahundi
- Trauma
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An examination of a population of survivors more than a decade and half after the traumatic events, which indicates that no-one should be sanguine that survivors of OVT heal themselves: war veterans, activists and the politically uncommitted were all affected by the Liberation War. It seems evident that Zimbabweans, in common with all other people, do not cope well with the effects of OVT.
Report on political violence in Bulawayo, Harare, Manicaland, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South and Midlands
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- Jul 29, 2000
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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The report outlines several violations which happened in the various provinces against different victims
Research unit annual report 2006
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- Aug 20, 2006
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- Trauma
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The Specific objective of the Research unit is “to document, research on, verify and publish incidents of gross violations of human rights in Zimbabwe, particularly those associated with organized violence and torture”. There are 3 types of reports that are compiled by the unit. These include Special/ad hoc reports, the human rights bulletin and the MPVR.
THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF POLICE BRUTALITY IN ZIMBABWE
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- Aug 31, 2016
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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This study investigates the direct and indirect economic costs of police brutality on victims in Zimbabwe, from events related to the social uprising between July and August 2016. Establishing the economic costs of police brutality provides the basis for determining requisite compensation for victims’ loss of earnings; medical and hospitalization expenses; funeral expenses and for the dependants’ loss of maintenance.
The Extent of Political Violence in Zimbabwe
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- Jul 13, 2001
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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Organised violence and torture are integral features of Zimbabwean political life, and have been since the early 1960s.This paper discusses the current violence in Zimbabwe, and outlines the major features of this violence in the context of violence in Zimbabwe generally.
The Perpetrators of Gross Human Rights Violations in Zimbabwe from February 2000 to March 2003.
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- Aug 31, 2003
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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The violence that has afflicted Zimbabwe since the Constitutional referendum has received considerable international attention, mainly due to remarkable documentation from the press, the media and human rights groups.
Torture review
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- Dec 31, 2009
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- Trauma
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Subliminal terror? Human rights violations and torture in Zimbabwe during 2008.Although human rights violations have taken place in Zimbabwe over the past three decades, the major focus in this monograph will be upon the period 2000 to 2008, with special reference to 2008.
Training nurses in the assessment and management of psychological disorders: Report of AMANI Trust’s programme in Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe.
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- Aug 22, 2000
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- Trauma
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This report has been produced in order to summarise 5 years of training in Mashonaland Central Province. The AMANI Trust has been training nurses and other health workers in Mashonaland Central Province since 1995 and it seems appropriate to take stock of what we have learned over this time.
Zacro 2008 annual report
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- Dec 31, 2008
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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The report has a situational Analysis of Zimbabwean prisons and an Outline of ZACRO programs and activities during the year 2008.
ZIMBABWE: FROM IMPUNITY TO ACCOUNTABILITY
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- Mar 30, 2004
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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The Redress Trust is an international NGO whose objectives are to assist torture victims anywhere in the world, and to make accountable all those who perpetuate, aid and abet acts of torture. It has been following closely events in Zimbabwe, and with its considerable experience of the issues involved REDRESS participated in organising the August symposium and presented papers at it.