Title | Date added | Template | Date recorded | Category | Summary |
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International Human Rights Day Commemorations Report 2015 | Dec 16, 2019 | Memorialization | Dec 10, 2014 |
| On the 10th of December 2014, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) and its partners joined the Global Community in commemorating the International Human Rights Day. The International Human Rights Day is commemorated globally each year on 10th December. |
International Womens' Day Commemorations Report | Dec 16, 2019 | Memorialization | Mar 31, 2015 |
| During the first half of March 2015, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) conducted events to commemorate the International Women’s Day (IWD) culminating in the hosting of a Stakeholder Seminar on 13 March 2015 in Harare. |
ZHRC 2015 Annual Reports | Dec 12, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2015 |
| This report was compiled by the Secretariat of the Commission represented in the various programme units with the guidance and direction of members of the Commission. |
ZHRC 2016 Annual Report | Dec 12, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2016 |
| The year under review was not without its fair share of challenges. Funding constraints have meant that the ZHRC continues to operate from only two offices Countrywide making it inaccessible to the larger populace. |
NPRC NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2019 | Dec 9, 2019 | Institutional reform | Nov 30, 2019 |
| The newsletter covers activities by the NPRC and also shares NTJWG activities. |
ZCTU Constitution (2015) | Nov 26, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2015 |
| One of the objectives of the Congress is to represent the Zimbabwe labour movement in international fora and promote friendship, cooperation, solidarity and fraternal understanding with other trade union movements, progressive institutions and mass organizations whose aims and principles coincide with those of the Congress |
Labour Law Reform Brochure | Nov 26, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 30, 2017 |
| The theme in this campaign is Harmonisation of Labour Laws to comply with International Labour Standards'. Kindly find below a summary of the shortcomings in our labour law and the workers' demands. |
Constitution Watch 5 2019 Legality of Searches by Soldiers | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Feb 28, 2019 |
| A search of a person’s home or property is an infringement of their right to privacy,guaranteed by section 57 of the Constitution. |
Constitution Watch 2 2019 Internet Shutdown | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jan 19, 2019 |
| In this bulletin we shall examine the legality of the Internet shut-downs against the background of the Constitution, international law and the Interception of Communications Act. |
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 |
Statutory Instruments January 8 November 2019 List | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 8, 2019 |
| STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS OF 2019 |
ZPP January MMR 2019 | Nov 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jan 31, 2019 |
| The data collected reported six hundred and eighty eight human rights violations, which have been incorporated into the Shutdown Atrocities Report of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (of which ZPP is member). |
Who will guide the guides | Nov 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Nov 21, 2019 |
| On 20 November 2019, supporters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A) gathered at the party headquarters in Harare for the Hope of the Nation Address which was scheduled to be addressed by the party President Nelson Chamisa. The hostile response by the police who indiscriminately beat the crowd with baton sticks, with booted feet and fired tear gas in the busy Central Business District resulted in many citizens involved in their daily business being injured or bundled into police vehicles. |
Healthworkers veiws on the constitution | Nov 21, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Feb 19, 2010 |
| This submission contains a compilation of the views of more than 400 health workers consulted by the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights about their views on the new Constitution. |
Rights-Based Approaches to Health: Possibilities for Zimbabwe | Nov 21, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Apr 30, 2009 |
| The right to health includes the entitlement to timely and appropriate health care and also encompasses underlying determinants of health, such as access to safe and potable water, adequate sanitation, an adequate supply of safe food, nutrition, housing and access to health-related education and information. |
Human Rights Education in Medical Education | Nov 21, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 31, 2009 |
| The Report highlights issues about Human rights education in medical education, Prison Health Protection Program and Training on health and human rights in prisons. |
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. |
The Civic Education Network Trust (CIVNET) in Zimbabwe | Nov 18, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Swedish Sida in Harare commissioned an evaluation to assess the impact of CIVNET’s activities and training programmes, for which they have provided funding support for the period between 2000 to 2007. An independent consultant, Ms Dren Nupen from Johannesburg, South Africa was contracted to undertake the evaluation because of her experience in the NGO sector in South Africa and the SADC region. |
ZIM NGO Forum 2017 Annual Report | Nov 5, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 12, 2018 |
| This report presents the work of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum for the period beginning January 2017 to December 2017.The report takes into account the strategic pathway which drove the organisation and the operational challenges it faced together with its members. |
“Resolute action to immediately revive the grassroots structures?” Or Crimes Against Humanity? | Apr 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2008 |
| 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. |
Only bruises on the soles of their feet:
Falanga in Zimbabwe.
| Apr 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jan 31, 2009 |
| 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. |
Transitional Justice Survey Report | Apr 11, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Dec 31, 2011 |
| This report is a follow-up to the Taking Transitional Justice to the People outreach project, which commenced in 2009, during which the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) went to local communities across the country to introduce the discussion on transitional justice. |
If you cant join them, beat them:Post election violence Zimbabwe 2008 | Apr 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | May 5, 2008 |
| This document, and the factual assertions herein, is based on reports of the ensuing violence received from civic organisations and those published in the press. |
Human Rights NGO Forum 29 MARCH 2008 ELECTION BRIEFING PAPER | Apr 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Mar 29, 2008 |
| This briefing paper describes the pre-election environment in Zimbabwe and concludes it is not possible to hold free and fair elections under the prevailing conditions. |
DAMN LIES? GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING APRIL 2008 | Apr 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Apr 30, 2008 |
| 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. |
Zimbabwe's Multilayered crisis | Apr 8, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jun 30, 2010 |
| The deteriorating economic conditions that prevailed from the early 1990s onward contributed to the rise in popularity of the MDC. Arguably, the decline began with the World Bank/IMF-inspired Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP) in the early 1990s, which led to rapid de-industrialisation, growing unemployment and severe erosion of living standards. |
What options for Zimbabwe | Apr 8, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 31, 2010 |
| The central purpose of the Briefing is to consider the options open to the central protagonists in this process, within the context of the balance of power and relations of force within the country and the region, while also contextualising the international dimension. |
The Hard Road to Reform | Apr 8, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Apr 13, 2011 |
| Since the signing and initiation of the Global Political Agreement in Zimbabwe in September 2008 and February 2009 respectively, the politics of the country has been convulsed with a recurring set of problems even as it has allowed for a certain political and economic stabilization. The agreement, with its attendant Inclusive Government, was set up to establish the conditions for a free and fair election. |
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 |
The End of A Road: The 2013 Elections in Zimbabwe | Apr 8, 2019 | Elections & violence | Oct 31, 2013 |
| The aim of this report is to provide succinct coverage of the election that brought the GPA to a close and also provide some pointers to the future of Zimbabwean politics. |