Title | Date added | Template | Date recorded | Category | Summary |
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Shutdown Atrocities Report 6 February 2019 | Feb 14, 2019 | Extra-judicial Killings | Feb 6, 2019 |
| 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. |
Prison Report 2018 | Feb 14, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 18, 2018 |
| 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. |
Organised Violence and Torture report: April to June 2018 | Feb 14, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jun 30, 2018 |
| 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. |
Organised Violence and Torture report Jan to March 2018 | Feb 14, 2019 | Elections & violence | Mar 30, 2018 |
| 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. |
Report on the Post elections violations | Feb 14, 2019 | Elections & violence | Aug 1, 2018 |
| 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. |
NTJWG CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ALERT! FULL PAGE | Feb 14, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jan 14, 2019 |
| 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. |
2018 NTJWG Symposium Summary Report | Feb 14, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Nov 23, 2018 |
| 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.’ |
Survivors Speak on TJ in Zim | Feb 14, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Feb 6, 2019 |
| 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. |
Memory and Community Healing | Feb 14, 2019 | Memorialization | Nov 22, 2018 |
| The report is about the importance of Memory and objectives and outcomes of Community healing. |
Summary Report Day 1 | Feb 14, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Nov 21, 2018 |
| 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. |
Symposium Report Day 2 | Feb 14, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Nov 22, 2018 |
| 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. |
Research unit annual report 2006 | Feb 14, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 20, 2006 |
| 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. |
May OVT Report 2017 | Feb 14, 2019 | Elections & violence | Dec 31, 2017 |
| 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. |
THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF POLICE BRUTALITY IN ZIMBABWE | Feb 14, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 31, 2016 |
| 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. |
Trauma and Mental Health in Zimbabwe | Feb 18, 2019 | Gender | Nov 30, 2011 |
| 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. |
Thoughts on National Healing | Feb 18, 2019 | Gender | Dec 31, 2003 |
| The report contains issues like Dealing with complex emergencies,developing a community response ti trauma,state psycho-social support for victims of organised violence and torture as well as the identification of victims. |
The Tree of Life A Community Approach to Empowering and Healing Survivors of Torture in Zimbabwe | Feb 18, 2019 | Gender | Dec 31, 2009 |
| The article explores the effectiveness of the use of an empowerment workshop, called the Tree of Life, in the treatment of torture survivors. The approach is based on a survivor-to-survivor model of assistance. |
Complex Emergencies and the Tree of Life A Community based Approach to Dealing with Trauma | Feb 18, 2019 | Gender | Dec 31, 2009 |
| 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. |
GALZ Report 2016 final | Feb 18, 2019 | Gender | Dec 31, 2016 |
| 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. |
Zimbabwe Situational Analysis REPORT redesign 2 | Feb 18, 2019 | Gender | Nov 30, 2017 |
| 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. |
Violations Report Print Final 1 1 | Feb 18, 2019 | Gender | Nov 30, 2017 |
| 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. |
Zacro 2008 annual report | Feb 19, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2008 |
| The report has a situational Analysis of Zimbabwean prisons and an Outline of ZACRO programs and activities during the year 2008. |
ZLHR 2014 Annual Report | Feb 19, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2014 |
| 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. |
ZPP May MMR 2018. | Feb 19, 2019 | Justice & accountability | May 31, 2018 |
| 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. |
ZPP June MMR 2018 1 | Feb 19, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 30, 2018 |
| A comparative analysis revealed that human rights violations increased from 181 in the month of May to 204 in the minth of June. |
ZPP July MMR 2018 | Feb 19, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 31, 2018 |
| 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. |
ZPP August MMR 2018 | Feb 19, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Aug 31, 2018 |
| Picking up the pieces in the aftermath of the elections |
ZPP September MMR 2018 | Feb 19, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Sep 30, 2018 |
| 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 MMR October 2018 | Feb 19, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Oct 31, 2018 |
| 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. |
ZPP November MMR 2018 | Feb 19, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Nov 30, 2018 |
| 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. |