Title | Date added | Template | Date recorded | Category | Summary |
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Ingutsheni Report | Dec 16, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jun 25, 2015 |
| The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) is amongst the Chapter 12 Independent Commissions which seek to promote human rights and democracy in Zimbabwe. The mandate of the ZHRC is to promote, protect and enforce human rights and fundamental freedoms in Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Act | Dec 16, 2019 | Institutional reform | Oct 12, 2020 |
| AN ACT to provide for the procedure of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission; to provide for the appointment of the Deputy Chairperson, Executive Secretary and staff of the Commission; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing. |
SADC NHRIs Memorandum of Understanding | Dec 16, 2019 | Institutional reform | Nov 22, 2017 |
| SADC NHRIs Memorandum of Understanding |
NPRC NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2019 | Dec 9, 2019 | Institutional reform | Nov 30, 2019 |
| The newsletter covers activities by the NPRC and also shares NTJWG activities. |
Midlands State University Law Review 2017 Vol III ARTICLE I | Dec 9, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2017 |
| The article reviews the Judgement with a view to unpack how it affects the socio-legal landscape of Zimbabwe. |
Commissions Watch 4 2016 Public Interviews of Electoral Commission Candidates Candidates' Names & Other Details | Dec 2, 2019 | Institutional reform | May 5, 2016 |
| This bulletin follows up Commissions Watch 3/2016 with further information about the public interviews to be conducted by Parliament’s Committee on Standing Rules and Orders [CSRO] on Monday 9th May, starting at 9.00 am sharp |
Commissions Watch 3 2016 Public Interviews of Electoral Commission Candidates | Dec 2, 2019 | Institutional reform | May 4, 2016 |
| This bulletin is to give advance notice that the public interviews of candidates nominated for appointment as members of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission [ZEC] will be conducted at Parliament on Monday 9th May |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 17th July 2019 [POWERS OF ARREST FOR ZACC OFFICERS WHAT IT MEANS] | Dec 2, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jul 17, 2019 |
| Over the years the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission [ZACC] has been at the receiving end of insults and derision from the general public, which felt it was doing less than it should to contain corruption. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 19th June Anti Corruption Commission Candidates New Timetable for Public Interviews Friday 21st June | Dec 2, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jun 19, 2019 |
| Our Commissions Watch bulletin dated 8th June [link] gave advance notice of the public interviews to be held at Parliament of the 38 short-listed candidates for appointment to fill eight vacancies in the membership of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission [ZACC]. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 8 June 2019 ZACC Vacancies Candidates to be Interviewed 21 June 2019 | Dec 2, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jun 8, 2019 |
| On 31st January this year the then chairperson and all the eight members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission resigned. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 15 February 2019 Parliament Calls for Public Nominations for Appointment to ZACC | Dec 2, 2019 | Institutional reform | Feb 15, 2019 |
| Following the resignation of the chairperson and all the members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission on the 31st January, the President must appoint persons to replace them. |
SI 2019 246 Collective Bargaining Agreement Medical and Allied Industry | Nov 25, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jul 31, 2019 |
| Collective Bargaining Agreement: Medical and Allied Industry |
Joint press statement Second formal dialogue meeting between EU and Zim | Nov 25, 2019 | Institutional reform | Nov 21, 2019 |
| The meeting provided for the continuation of a wide-ranging engagement on priorities, shared objectives and areas for collaboration including: economic developments, trade and investment; human rights, democratisation, rule of law and good governance; development cooperation; humanitarian impact and climate change as well as global and regional matters. |
NPRC Briefing October 2019 | Nov 19, 2019 | Institutional reform | Oct 31, 2019 |
| This brief constitutes a summary of the issues presented to the NPRC, the responses given by the NPRC and an update of its activities given by the NPRC. |
NPRC WATCH "NOT ALONE" :THE ROLE OF INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS IN TIMES OF CRISIS. | Nov 19, 2019 | Institutional reform | Feb 8, 2019 |
| In this edition of the NPRC Watch, we are expanding the scope of the discussion to look at not only the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) but all relevant independent commissions that are established to support democracy and entrench human rights through Chapter 12 of the Constitution. We look at the role of these commissions in the times of crisis when violations of human rights are on the increase. It is for times like these that such commissions were established. |
Analysis of the 2017 NPRC Bill [Final] | Nov 5, 2019 | Institutional reform | Mar 3, 2017 |
| The analysis brings out the improvements and limitations of the 2017 NPRC Bill as compared to the old Bill and previous revised draft. |
NTJWG Harare Semi Annual Regional Process Monitoring Meeting Report | Nov 1, 2019 | Institutional reform | Oct 1, 2019 |
| The NTJWG convened a semi annual regional process monitoring meeting for the Harare region on the 1stof October 2019. This was done in a bid to engage with its stakeholders on opportunities and challenges they are having in engaging the NPRC as well as obtaining and disseminating information to the working group. |
Tsholotsho Community Dialogue on the Mandate of the NPRC Report | Nov 1, 2019 | Institutional reform | Sep 30, 2019 |
| The NTJWG convened a community dialogue to build the capacity of communities on the work of the NPRC. This prepared communities at ward level to be active participants and be involved in the work of the NPRC, and to contribute through the NTJWG, to influence the NPRC’s interventions ensuring that they are victim-centred. |
Nyanga North Community Dialogue Report | Nov 1, 2019 | Institutional reform | Sep 30, 2019 |
| The NTJWG convened a community dialogue to build the capacity of communities on the work of the NPRC.This prepared communities at ward level to be active participants and be involved in the work of the NPRC, and to contribute through the NTJWG, to influence the NPRC’s interventions ensuring that they are victim-centred. |
ENFORCING THE RULE OF LAW
IN ZIMBABWE
| Apr 11, 2019 | Institutional reform | Sep 30, 2001 |
| This report examines in some detail the evidence of breaches of the rule of law by the three pillars of the Zimbabwean State. |
Revisiting The Commonwealth and Zimbabwe: What is to be done?
| Apr 11, 2019 | Institutional reform | Nov 30, 2007 |
| Zimbabwe’s pro tem suspension from the Councils of the Commonwealth for a period of one year was announced in a statement from Marlborough House on 19th March 2002. This suspension implemented a prior warning to the Zimbabwe government by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group that a poor report on the Presidential Election of 2002 would result in punitive action by the Commonwealth. |
ZIMBABWE’S FAILURE TO MEET THE BENCHMARKS IN THE COTONOU AGREEMENT
| Apr 11, 2019 | Institutional reform | Nov 30, 2006 |
| The Cotonou Agreement introduces various instruments designed to ensure compliance, firstly through dialogue under article 8 and then through the enforcement mechanisms of article 96. Section 2(a) of the latter article provides that if the political dialogue procedures fail to gain compliance, and the formal consultation procedures likewise fail to yield a solution acceptable to both parties, “appropriate measures” may be taken. |
The Global Political Agreement and the Unity Accord in Zimbabwe | Apr 8, 2019 | Institutional reform | Feb 28, 2009 |
| Those with reservations about the Global political agreement frequently refer to the Unity Accord of 1987 in which the opposition party ZAPU was swallowed up by ZANU PF, as providing a salutary lesson to those who attempt to govern side by side with ZANU PF |
ROUNDTABLE ON THE INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE | Apr 3, 2019 | Institutional reform | Sep 30, 2009 |
| The meeting was convened with a view to obtaining an informed and nuanced view, from the perspective of key stakeholders, of Zimbabwe's Inclusive Government (IG). While various large gatherings of human rights NGO's have met to consider issues relevant to the IG, it was the feeling of the conveners that these meetings have been unwieldy and that opinions expressed at these meetings often have been tempered by the institutional concerns of the various NGOs, and a frank analysis of Zimbabwe's polity has been lacking. |
False Dawn :The Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Government’s Failure to Deliver Human Rights Improvements | Apr 3, 2019 | Institutional reform | Aug 31, 2009 |
| This report recommends a range of fundamental reforms that the power-sharing government should undertake to improve the human rights situation in Zimbabwe. Without these institutional and legislative reforms, as well as the establishment of genuine respect for the basic rights of all Zimbabweans, there can be no long-term, sustainable peace and stability in Zimbabwe. |
Thematic Analysis of Zimbabwe's Proposed Draft Constitution | Apr 1, 2019 | Institutional reform | Oct 17, 2012 |
| Realizing that the current constitution of Zimbabwe is flawed in many respects and has contributed to the crisis in Zimbabwe, the parties to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) agreed to embark on a process of developing a new constitution that would address some of the critical contributing factors to the Zimbabwe crisis. As prescribed under Article 6 of the GPA, a parliamentary select committee on the new constitution (COPAC) was established to drive this process. |
IJR Zimbabwe Constitutional Reform OP WEB | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2012 |
| This paper examines Zimbabwe’s constitutional-reform process. The first section traces the background to constitutional reform in Zimbabwe. A brief discussion of the Constitutional Commission’s draft of 1999/2000 is followed by a description of the development of a draft by the Constitutional Assembly (NCA) in 2001. Then the process leading to the so-called Kariba Draft of 2007 is outlined. |
Social Sector Summit roundtable IJR ComChest 27Feb2018 final 19032018 | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Feb 27, 2018 |
| The Document is a reflection of different and at times contradicting views. It provides a good basis to understand issues that the Social Sector Summit will have to address. |
UPR Zimbabwe Freemuse Nhimbe | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2016 |
| This submission in based on interviews with local artists and a legal analysis facilitated by Nhimbe and qualified through a workshop held in Harare in October 2015 with local artists, journalists and human rights advocates. |
Heal Zimbabwe Position on NPRC BILL | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Mar 31, 2016 |
| These are Heal Zimbabwe Trust views and comments collected, during the consultations, on a number of areas that could undermine the effectiveness of the NPRC and its work. |