Our Branches Are Broken Using the Tree Of Life Healing Method
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- Date recorded
- Mar 30, 2016
- Category
- Gukurahundi
- Trauma
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This article assesses the effectiveness of the Tree of Life healing approach, which was one of the methodologies tried during the course of the research with a small group of survivors of the 1980s atrocities.
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- Mar 12, 2020
ZPP June MMR 2018 1
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- Date recorded
- Jun 30, 2018
- Category
- Trauma
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A comparative analysis revealed that human rights violations increased from 181 in the month of May to 204 in the minth of June.
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- Feb 24, 2020
ZPP July MMR 2018
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- Date recorded
- Jul 31, 2018
- Category
- Trauma
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The July Monthly Monitoring report contextualizes the Eve of the run up to the Harmonised 2018 elections. It was characterized by disregard of the Political parties' code of conduct.
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- Feb 23, 2020
ZPP June 2015 MMR
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- Date recorded
- Jun 30, 2015
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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This report covers recorded incidents of civil and political rights violations from the ten provinces of Zimbabwe for the month of June 2015.The month of June 2015 was filled with a number of enthralling political developments most of which have an impact on the attainment of sustainable peace.
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- Feb 23, 2020
ZPP MMR Nov 2015
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- Date recorded
- Nov 30, 2015
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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The November 2015 report outlined Fear as a tool of Political Manipulation as ordinary people fear that there will be repercussions to support another party.
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2020
IJR Community Healing Manual web
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2015
- Category
- Trauma
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The manual was produced to enhance the capacity of members of the PBNZ in their peace-building work by way of a bottom-up approach that also seeks to complement the role that will be played by the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) and other local and national processes. Specifically, the manual is intended to develop the capacity of members of the PBNZ in their efforts to heal communities devastated by political violence, as well as by future instances of violent conflict, so that peace can be sustained in Zimbabwe.
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2020
ZPP July 2015 MMR
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- Date recorded
- Jul 31, 2015
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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This report is based on reports from ZPP long-term community based human rights monitors who observe, monitor and record cases of human rights violations in the constituencies they reside.
- Date modified
- Feb 16, 2020
ZPP February MMR 2017
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- Date recorded
- Feb 28, 2017
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
- Summary
The report is about the floods that hit the country particularly in Masvingo, Matebeleland South and North as well as Bulawayo. They led to food shortages as crops, livestock and property were destroyed.
- Date modified
- Feb 3, 2020
ZPP MMR October 2018
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- Date recorded
- Oct 31, 2018
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
- Summary
The Month of October recorded a total of 235 violations. There was a rise in the violations connected to assault and most perpetrators where male affiliated to the ruling ZANU PF party.
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- Jan 29, 2020
ZPP December MMR 2018
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2018
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
- Summary
Human Rights violations continued on a downward trend in the month of December with 136 violations recorded, down from the 164 recorded in November. Zanu PF was responsible for most of the violations followed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police officers and Municipal police officers.
- Date modified
- Jan 29, 2020
ZPP May MMR 2018.
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- Date recorded
- May 31, 2018
- Category
- Trauma
- Summary
There was a notable 20 percent decrease in recorded cases of human rights violations from the previous month, which should be a positive development as we go to the general election in two months’ time.
- Date modified
- Jan 28, 2020
ZPP Monthly Monitor January 2015
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- Date recorded
- Jan 31, 2015
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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This report is based on reports from ZPP long-term community based human rights monitors who observe, monitor and record cases of human rights violations in the constituencies they reside.
- Date modified
- Jan 27, 2020
Human Rights Update
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- Date recorded
- Sep 22, 2017
- Category
- Trauma
- Summary
Heal Zimbabwe recorded a total of 16 cases of human rights violations from 9 districts between the 20th of August and the 15th of September 2017.
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- Jan 27, 2020
ZPP September MMR 2018
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- Date recorded
- Sep 30, 2018
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
- Summary
ZPP recorded a total of 124 cases containing 226 human rights violations showing a downward trajectory from the 266 violations recorded in August. In comparison to the previous month, there has been a spike in the cases of discrimination with the highest being reported from Midlands, followed by Masvingo, Manicaland and Mashonaland East.
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- Jan 27, 2020
ZPP MMR October 2017
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- Date recorded
- Oct 31, 2017
- Category
- Trauma
- Summary
The Report Highlights how Zimbabweans are Prisoners of fear and how the farming season has contributed to an increase in cases of intimidation and harassment as well as discrimination as cases of discrimination have increased from 21 to 31.
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- Jan 26, 2020
ZADHR Victims of OTV 2 9 June 2003
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- Date recorded
- Jun 9, 2003
- Category
- Trauma
- Summary
This report includes case summaries, with histories, examination findings and two photographs, of incidents of violence inflicted during the week of the National Mass Action 2nd-9th June 2003. Medical reports were obtained and are available for at least 150 people who sought medical help for injuries sustained as a result of state organised violence.
- Date modified
- Jan 25, 2020
ZPP MMR May 2017
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- Date recorded
- May 31, 2017
- Category
- Trauma
- Summary
The month of May stands out owing to violations of the right to education, the right to food and civil and political rights mainly freedom of association and assembly. This May ZPP recorded the highest number of incidences where pupils were sent away from school for failure to pay school fees or clear the previous term’s arrears.
- Date modified
- Jan 24, 2020
ZPP Food Violations Monitoring
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- Date recorded
- Oct 17, 2016
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
- Summary
October 2016 reports related to discrimination and denial of food to those considered to be politically ‘incorrect’.
- Date modified
- Jan 24, 2020
ZPP November MMR 2018
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- Date recorded
- Nov 30, 2018
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
- Summary
The report highlights how the Zimbawe Republic Police made up 25% of the perpetrators of Human Rights Violations which was one of the highest figures in 2018.
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- Jan 24, 2020
Anti-Impunity update
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- Date recorded
- Jul 16, 2019
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
- Summary
The alert highlights that failure by the government to honour court judgments in favour of victims of human rights violations by the police and the military, is actually a human rights violation.
- Date modified
- Nov 9, 2019
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum State of Human Rights Report 2018
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- Date recorded
- Oct 16, 2019
- Category
- Elections
- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
- Summary
This report covers the state of human rights in Zimbabwe in the year 2018. While it is impossible to capture and record every single incident that happened in the year, the report presents and analyses key events and incidences that shaped the human rights landscape, as well as compliance,accountability and impunity.
- Date modified
- Nov 8, 2019
ZPP MMR August 2015
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- Date recorded
- Aug 31, 2015
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Displacements
- Trauma
- Summary
The report talks about how the political landscape of Zimbabwe continues to be awash with intolerance and bias. While members of opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) are seen on the offensive in a few of the recorded instances, in the majority of reported incidences in August the ruling Zanu PF is the dominant perpetrator, a situation that continues to repeat itself.
- Date modified
- May 18, 2019
Making Life Unbearable latest (6 December 2005)
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- Date recorded
- Dec 6, 2005
- Category
- Displacements
- Murambatsvina
- Trauma
- Summary
This present study is an extension and elaboration of previous work on Operation Murambatsvina. It arose out of the need to have more in-depth information about a number of key areas in their lives and experiences of those affected by Operation Murambatsvina; namely, trauma, HIV/AIDS, legal issues, and losses.
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- May 16, 2019
Perpetual Fear :Impunity and Cycles of Violence in Zimbabwe
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- Date recorded
- Mar 31, 2011
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
- Summary
This report highlights the impunity that prevails in Zimbabwe. It provides an update on illustrative cases of political killings, torture, and abductions that took place during the presidential election run-off in 2008 and in the aftermath of the elections.
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- May 16, 2019
Can you have a reparations policy without justice?
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- Date recorded
- Sep 25, 1999
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
- Summary
Under humanitarian law and a series of international conventions, all gross human rights violations are argued to require legal remedy. However, in situations of epidemic violence legal remedies may require extension through a policy of reparations. There are conceptual confusions that often impair the proper formulation of a reparations policy. This paper examines these problems in the context of Zimbabwe.
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- May 15, 2019
TORTURE IN ZIMBABWE, PAST AND PRESENT PREVENTION, PUNISHMENT, REPARATION?
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- Date recorded
- Jun 30, 2005
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
- Summary
Zimbabwe has not acceded to the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment nor the statute of the International Criminal Court. There are a number of other specific Commonwealth declarations and principles, which were applicable to Zimbabwe before it left the Commonwealth in 2003.
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- May 14, 2019
Symposium Report Day 2
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- Date recorded
- Nov 22, 2018
- Category
- Gukurahundi
- Transitional Justice
- Trauma
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Day 2 of the NTJWG Conference being in Bulawayo began with participants visiting different historical sites and heritage centres which depict Zimbabwe’s conflict history and community healing practices. Visited places include; the Entumbane Reintegration Camps sites, the Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church and Amagugu International Heritage Centre.
- Date modified
- May 9, 2019
Epidemic violence and the community
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 1998
- Category
- Trauma
- Summary
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.
- Date modified
- May 6, 2019
Summary Report Day 1
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- Date recorded
- Nov 21, 2018
- Category
- Gukurahundi
- Transitional Justice
- Trauma
- Summary
The conference commenced with welcome remarks from Reverend Dr Ray Motsi (the NTJWG Thematic Leader on Memorialisation). There where also remarks from Paul Themba Nyathi, the NTJWG Deputy Chairperson standing in for the working group’s Chairperson, Aleck Muchadehama as well as a speech from Nomfundo Mogapi the Executice Director of CSVR and last but not least, remarks by the Chairperson of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission, Retired Justice Selo Nare.
- Date modified
- Apr 25, 2019
Transitional Justice Policy Symposium Report 2018
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- Date recorded
- Nov 23, 2018
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Gukurahundi
- Transitional Justice
- Trauma
- Summary
This report captures all the proceedings of the symposium, speeches, expert exchanges and outcomes. With QR codes scattered across the report, the reader is invited to join the dialogue, to watch the videos of the presentations and capture the full emotion of the 2018 symposium.
- Date modified
- Apr 23, 2019
ZPP August MMR 2018
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- Date recorded
- Aug 31, 2018
- Category
- Elections
- Riots
- Trauma
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Picking up the pieces in the aftermath of the elections
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- Apr 20, 2019
2018 NTJWG Symposium Summary Report
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- Date recorded
- Nov 23, 2018
- Category
- Gukurahundi
- Transitional Justice
- Trauma
- Summary
From 21 to 23 November 2018, over 118 delegates converged in Bulawayo for the 2018 Transitional Justice Policy Symposium which was jointly convened by the National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR). The theme of the symposium was, ‘Never Again: Setting the Transitional Justice Agenda for Zimbabwe.’
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- Apr 20, 2019
THE CASE OF HENRY DOWA: THE UNITED NATIONS & ZIMBABWE UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT
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- Date recorded
- Jan 30, 2004
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
- Summary
In May 2003 REDRESS learned that an allegedly notorious Zimbabwean police torturer, Henry Dowa, was in Kosovo. Sources inside and outside of Zimbabwe confirmed that there were numerous serious allegations of torture linked to him, and further investigations revealed that Dowa was part of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) civilian police force (CIVPOL).
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- Apr 3, 2019
“At the boiling point of the pain”. Report of a pilot study examining the efficacy of psychotherapy for torture survivors.
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- Date recorded
- May 31, 2002
- Category
- Trauma
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This study has been influenced by our reading of similar literatures in relation to the psychological and social effects of the trauma resulting from organised violence and torture. While we will not be reviewing that literature in depth in this report, it does seem important to note that there is a large body of literature relating both to similar experiences elsewhere in the world and also within the specifically Zimbabwean context.
- Date modified
- Apr 2, 2019
Epworth and Budiriro Report on Police Brutality
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2016
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
- Summary
This report contains the preliminary findings of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), pursuant to an ongoing investigation undertaken into complaints alleging violations of human rights, in particular the right to freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by COMPLAINANT A AND OTHERS in Epworth and Budiriro, in the Harare Metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe.
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- Mar 28, 2019
ZPP MMR January 2017
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- Date recorded
- Jan 31, 2017
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
- Summary
The month of January recorded many violations which were politically motivated. Most of the reported cases were harassment and intimidation of opposition political activists. Other prominent cases were those of deprivation of state sponsored food aid and inputs for farming.
- Date modified
- Mar 14, 2019
ZPP September MMR 2017
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- Date recorded
- Sep 30, 2017
- Category
- Trauma
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There was an increase of Violations in September from 149 to 178 cases.There were creations of terror networks because of the violations perpetrated by Traditional Leaders.
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- Mar 14, 2019
ZPP November MMR 2017
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- Date recorded
- Nov 30, 2017
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
- Summary
The Zimbabwe Peace project recorded an increase in Human rights violations to 190 in November 2017.Most Cases of Harassment and Intimidation were linked to the BVR exercise and the Intra-party violence within the ruling part ZANU PF.
- Date modified
- Mar 14, 2019
ZPP MMR Dec 2015
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2015
- Category
- Trauma
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The report talks about how supporting the opposition is a costly ordeal and how rights are not only grossly trampled upon, but they are torn up in a thousand little pieces and thrown to the winds in Zimbabwe.
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- Mar 14, 2019
Survivors Speak on TJ in Zim
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- Date recorded
- Feb 6, 2019
- Category
- Gukurahundi
- Trauma
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This report outlines the opinions and expectations of Victims and Survivors on what should be included in a Transitional Justice Framework for Zimbabwe commissioned by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum.
- Date modified
- Mar 13, 2019
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