Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum State of Human Rights Report 2018
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- Oct 16, 2019
- Category
- Elections
- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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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.
Anti-Impunity update
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- Jul 16, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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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.
Survivors Speak on TJ in Zim
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- Feb 6, 2019
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- 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.
Shutdown Atrocities Report 6 February 2019
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- Feb 6, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
- Riots
- Trauma
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The violations of human rights that started as the state’s response to mass protests on 14 January, 2019 following the increase in fuel prices immediately took a widespread systematic character, the dominant actors being the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and suspected ZANU-PF militia. The systematic and sustained nature of the violations raises fear that this is becoming a case of crimes against humanity.
NTJWG CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ALERT! FULL PAGE
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- Jan 14, 2019
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- Transitional Justice
- Trauma
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The report captures how the NTJWG is shocked at the the horrific developments since 14 January.There were gross violations of Human rights as well as crimes against humanity.
ZPP December MMR 2018
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- Dec 31, 2018
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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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.
ZPP November MMR 2018
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- Nov 30, 2018
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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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.
Transitional Justice Policy Symposium Report 2018
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- Nov 23, 2018
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Gukurahundi
- Transitional Justice
- Trauma
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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.
2018 NTJWG Symposium Summary Report
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- Nov 23, 2018
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- Gukurahundi
- Transitional Justice
- Trauma
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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.’
Symposium Report Day 2
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- Nov 22, 2018
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- 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.
Memory and Community Healing
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- Nov 22, 2018
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- Gukurahundi
- Trauma
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The report is about the importance of Memory and objectives and outcomes of Community healing.
Summary Report Day 1
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- Nov 21, 2018
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- Gukurahundi
- Transitional Justice
- Trauma
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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.
ZPP MMR October 2018
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- Oct 31, 2018
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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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.
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.
ZPP September MMR 2018
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- Sep 30, 2018
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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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.
ZPP August MMR 2018
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- Aug 31, 2018
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- Elections
- Riots
- Trauma
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Picking up the pieces in the aftermath of the elections
Report on the Post elections violations
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- Aug 1, 2018
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- Elections
- Trauma
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This is the first report by the consortium which covers the period 1 to 9 August 2018. A total of 199 violations were documented from 1 to 9 August 2018.
ZPP July MMR 2018
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- Jul 31, 2018
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- 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.
Heal Zimbabwe BASELINE REPORT ON PEACE AND RECONCILIATION PROCESSES
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- Jul 16, 2018
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- Transitional Justice
- Trauma
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A nationwide baseline study to inform diverse peace and reconciliation initiatives in Zimbabwe. A baseline study is a descriptive cross-sectional study undertaken to establish the obtaining status of a particular situation before interventions. Baseline studies are essential for project design, benchmarks establishment, monitoring and evaluation.
ZPP June MMR 2018 1
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- Jun 30, 2018
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- 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.
Organised Violence and Torture report: April to June 2018
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- Jun 30, 2018
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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The month of April also witnessed increasing tensions between the government and its employees with the government failing to respond to the concerns of workers in the public sector. This led to another strike by nurses, which compromised the right to health care. The March 2018 strike by doctors was followed by a nurse’s strike on 16th of April. Vice President Chiwenga responded by firing all striking nurses violating section 65 (2) (3) of the Constitution, which recognises the right of all employees to engage in collective bargaining with the exception of the security service.
ZPP May MMR 2018.
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- May 31, 2018
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- Trauma
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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.
Organised Violence and Torture report Jan to March 2018
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- Mar 30, 2018
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- Trauma
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In January 2018, new victims of Organised Violence and Torture (OVT) were reported and documented from across the country. This figure includes seven incidents of infringement of political rights, five incidences of harassment and intimidation, three cases of assault and three incidences of denial of the right to food.
Issue 1 Reconciliation Pathways
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- Mar 21, 2018
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- Gukurahundi
- Trauma
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This paper reviews Zimbabwe’s healing reconciliation discourse and how the process could be prosecuted. This review is also a precursor to Heal Zimbabwe’s nation-wide baseline study conducted to solicit communities’ perceptions of what constitutes healing, peace and reconciliation. The baseline study establishes options for the NPRC progress indicators design and processes upon which the Commission and Civic Society Organisations (CSOs) will track achievements.
BVR Human Rights Violations Report
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- Feb 26, 2018
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- Elections
- Trauma
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Heal Zimbabwe through its resident human rights monitors in all the country’s 10 provinces monitored the environment during the mobile voter registration exercise. This was done with the objective of monitoring the environment and report on any cases of human rights violations as well as making referrals where necessary for redress.
May OVT Report 2017
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- Dec 31, 2017
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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The Forum documented violations relating to economic, social and cultural rights. The right to education continues to be violated by school authorities that turn children away over non-payment of school fees and levies.
Violations Report Print Final 1 1
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- Nov 30, 2017
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- Trauma
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This report is an analysis of the trends emerging from the annual violations reports compiled by the Association of LGBTI people in Zimbabwe (GALZ) between the periods 2012 to 2017. The analysis extensively draws data from a total of 170 violations extracted from 104 actual cases compiled and categorized by GALZ into 12 types. The 12 types of violations recorded are assault, threats, outing, discrimination, police harassment, Unlawful detention, disownment, blackmail, displacement, unfair labour practice, hate speech and invasion of privacy.
ZPP November MMR 2017
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- Nov 30, 2017
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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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.
Zimbabwe Situational Analysis REPORT redesign 2
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- Nov 30, 2017
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- Trauma
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The project aims to improve the technical capacity of Linking Organisations to promote access to HIV, health and rights services for key populations; to increase the engagement of national policy makers with Key Populations issues; and to improve processes for regional knowledge sharing and learning between Linking Organisations.
ZPP MMR October 2017
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- Oct 31, 2017
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- Trauma
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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.
ZPP September MMR 2017
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- Sep 30, 2017
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- 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.
Human Rights Update
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- Sep 22, 2017
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- Trauma
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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.
ZPP MMR May 2017
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- May 31, 2017
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- Trauma
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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.
ZPP February MMR 2017
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- Feb 28, 2017
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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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.
ZPP MMR January 2017
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- Jan 31, 2017
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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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.
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.
GALZ Report 2016 final
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- Dec 31, 2016
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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The assessment focused on documenting the nature and extent of the state sanctioned and unsanctioned raids on GALZ. The assessment brings out the opaqueness of the raids, which demonstrates the precarious environment that GALZ operates in.
Epworth and Budiriro Report on Police Brutality
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- Dec 31, 2016
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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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.
ZPP Food Violations Monitoring
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- Oct 17, 2016
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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October 2016 reports related to discrimination and denial of food to those considered to be politically ‘incorrect’.
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.
Is Zimbabwe Ready for Reconciliation A snap Survey Report
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- Jun 30, 2016
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- Gukurahundi
- Transitional Justice
- Trauma
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A snap survey in March 2016 to establish the level of knowledge among the Zimbabwean populace regarding the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) as the government designs enabling legislation that operationalizes the commission.
ZPP MMR May 2016
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- May 31, 2016
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- Trauma
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The May report highlights a growing and disturbing trend of discrimination in the distribution of food aid based on political affiliation. Food aid is increasingly being used by Zanu PF leaders and activists to repress political opponents and reward supporters.
Our Branches Are Broken Using the Tree Of Life Healing Method
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- Mar 30, 2016
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- 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.
IJR Community Healing Manual web
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- Dec 31, 2015
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- 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.
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.
ZPP MMR Dec 2015
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- Dec 31, 2015
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- 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.
ZPP MMR Nov 2015
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- Nov 30, 2015
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- 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.
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.
ZPP MMR August 2015
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- Aug 31, 2015
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Displacements
- Trauma
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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.
ZPP July 2015 MMR
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- Jul 31, 2015
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- 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.
ZPP June 2015 MMR
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- Jun 30, 2015
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- 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.
ZPP April MMR 2015
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- Apr 30, 2015
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
- 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 April 2015. The report also highlights the food situation in the provinces and focuses on how food and other aid continue to be used as a political tool.
ZPP Monthly Monitor January 2015
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- Jan 31, 2015
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- 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.
ZLHR 2014 Annual Report
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- Dec 31, 2014
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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In 2014, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) continued to shape the human rights and legal discourse of the country, relying in large part on its core interventions and expertise, which have stood the test of time, whilst drawing on the potential of the new Constitution, which had come into effect in May 2013.
LITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN AFRICA
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- Sep 30, 2012
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- Children
- Trauma
- Women
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Sexual violence is the most pervasive form of violence in many of the conflict-ridden countries in Africa and continues to remain so, through various post-conflict stages even after the conflict has ended. Violence, particularly of a sexual nature and against women, that was characteristic of a prolonged conflict, comes to be accepted as the norm and part of the culture more so than it was prior to the conflict.
Trauma and Mental Health in Zimbabwe
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- Nov 30, 2011
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- Trauma
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This paper falls into three sections.The first section provides a brief overview of organised violence and torture in Zimbabwe, The second section ―Developing a response: learning from experience elsewhere, presents in brief the shifts in thinking in this field.
Perpetual Fear :Impunity and Cycles of Violence in Zimbabwe
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- Mar 31, 2011
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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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.
“NOW THE WORLD IS WITHOUT ME ”: AN INVESTIGATION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
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- Apr 30, 2010
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- Trauma
- Women
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This was a retrospective cohort study conducted at Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, South Kivu Province. Using a non-systematic convenience sample, interviews were conducted on sexual violence survivors as they presented to Panzi Hospital requesting services from the Victims of Sexual Violence Program.
Complex Emergencies and the Tree of Life A Community based Approach to Dealing with Trauma
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- Dec 31, 2009
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- Trauma
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A community-based approach to dealing with trauma highlights issues about Trauma and complex emergencies. This report is not concerned with describing the many ways in which trauma may be inflicted during complex emergencies, but rather to very briefly describe their effects.
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.