Title | Date added | Template | Date recorded | Category | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archiving The Zimbabwean Human Rights Crisis A Collaborative Approach to International Advocacy | Nov 9, 2018 | Memorialization | Nov 10, 2018 |
| A major human rights and humanitarian crisis has been developing inZimbabwe for the past several years and has reached a critical juncture.Relative to other trouble-spots in Africa, the nature and dimensions of thecrisis in Zimbabwe are simple. There are no rebel forces fighting for controlof resources or territory, no secessionist movements seeking to break away,no religious conflicts, and no collapse of state institutions. Rather,Zimbabwe is a classic case of an authoritarian government clinging topower and using whatever methods it considers necessary to ensure itscontinued survival. |
RecordsRetentionDisposalPolicy v3 FINAL | Nov 9, 2018 | Justice & accountability | Nov 16, 2018 |
| This Records Retention and Disposal Policy is part of the Information Management Policy Framework and supports the Records Management Policy through setting out the roles and responsibilities of Information Asset Owners and supporting staff in making record retention and disposal decisions. |
Chigumba Speech | Nov 9, 2018 | Elections & violence | Jul 13, 2018 |
| Brief by the Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to Local and Foreign observers for the 2018 Harmonised Elections at Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) 13 July 2018. |
Breaking the silence: A report on the Disturbances in Matebeleland and the midlands | Feb 11, 2019 | Memorialization | Feb 28, 1997 |
| The report unveils the crisis which happened in the 1980's which consisted of Curfews in Matebeleland,detentions, tortures and political kidnappings, disappearances and threatened treason trials. It basically tells the story about Zimbabwe's internal conflicts and how the signing of the Unity accord in 1987 ended the disturbances. |
Lancaster House Agreement | Feb 11, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jan 1, 1980 |
| The Lancaster House Agreement was a political consensus which brought the independence of Zimbabwe from Rhodesian rule. The agreement came into being after a series of negotiations between the nationalist parties and the Rhodesian Front between September and December 1979. The Agreement was facilitated by the British and the American governments to bring to an end the 14 year war in Rhodesia between the Rhodesians and the guerrilla movements. |
National Unity accord and its Aftermath | Feb 11, 2019 | Institutional reform | Oct 31, 2005 |
| In particular, it focuses on the Matebeleland crisis and highlights the inadequacies of the Unity Accord established to end the violence. These have spilt over into the present tensions and contradictions within Zimbabwe.. In the aftermath of the struggle for independence, the government had to move fast in dealing with the popular demands that informed the struggle. |
ZIMBABWE 1980 Elections report | Feb 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Feb 14, 1980 |
| This report outlines the purpose of elections, characteristics of Parliament, electoral system,transitory provisions, general political considerations and conduct of elections. It also showed the distribution of members of the house of assembly according to their professional category, distribution of seats in the senate, distribution of House of Assembly members according to sex and according to age group. |
2005 Parliamentary Elections | Feb 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Mar 31, 2005 |
| The 2005 Parliamentary elections represented an important improvement on the 2000 and 2002 elections in that the elections were performed in a peaceful environment without state-controlled violence. Despite this notable improvement from previous elections, the Parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe failed to meet some key internationally recognised election standards. |
Zimbabwe June 2000 Elections | Feb 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jun 24, 2000 |
| This is the first in the series of Special Reports issued by the Research Unit of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum. It displaced the original proposal to deal with gender and constitutional issues. This change was necessitated by the wave of lawlessness which resulted in massive human rights abuses during most of 2000. |
Consolidated report on food riots | Feb 11, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jan 19, 1998 |
| The report covers the areas identified by many political observers as being significantly related to the climate of discontent and discouragement felt by the Zimbabwean public at the time of the Food Riots. It also identifies the factors that observers felt were indicative of a crisis of governance in Zimbabwe. It talks about how Government-administered prices to meet Government's excessive spending requirements which triggered a resurgence in inflation, with analysts saying that inflation would round-off 1997 at above 20%. |
NCA Proposed Draft Constitution | Feb 11, 2019 | Institutional reform | May 1, 1997 |
| The Draft containes reasons why the NCA campaigned for a No Vote in the referendum of February 2000 such as the process and content. This draft seeks to address the key issues of governance in Zimbabwe and has taken into account the NCA’s major concerns about the Draft of the Constitutional Commission. Its main focus is on having an accountable government through various checks and balances. |
Shortcomings of the Kariba Draft Constitution | Feb 11, 2019 | Institutional reform | Sep 30, 2007 |
| This report analyzes the Kariba Draft Constitution,a document negotiated in secret in September 2007 and referenced in Article 6 of the Global Political Agreement between Zimbabwe’s three primary political parties. The report briefly considers the process that led to the creation of the Kariba Draft and then explores the content of that document. The substance of the Kariba Draft is compared to that of the current Constitution and the Constitutional Commission Proposal which was rejected in a national referendum in February 2000. |
War victims Compensation Act | Feb 11, 2019 | Institutional reform | Nov 14, 1980 |
| The Act consists of seven parts which are Preliminary, Commissioner of war victims compensation, Application of Act and claims for and entitlement to compensation, Compensation for Disablement, Compensation for death, Special Provisions for women and children and General. There is also the Revenue fund section. |
Zimbabwe's Land Reform Booklet Web | Feb 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Feb 1, 2000 |
| The report shows findings from the study area of Masvingo pertaining to who got the land during the land reform program and whether they are utilizing it or not. |
Land Reform and Property rights in Zimbabwe | Feb 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Apr 30, 2010 |
| The report talks of the forceful eviction of commercial white farmers during the fast track land reform process and how it was one of the primary drivers of Zimbabwe's sudden economic downfall. The process was characterized by gross human rights violations and disregard of the rule of law. |
2008 Elections | Feb 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Mar 29, 2008 |
| On March 29, 2008, Zimbabwe held presidential, parliamentary and local elections. Months later, the country’s political future remains uncertain. For the first time since independence, the ruling party has lost its majority in the National Assembly. After a month of rising tensions, the results of the presidential race were belatedly announced on May 2. |
Political Violence report 2008 | Feb 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Dec 1, 2008 |
| In this report for 2008,there are certain trends and characteristics which have been attendant on the incidents reported to the Human rights Forum which rebut the denial of ZANU PF that in most instances the violence that was reported was between over zealous youths and villagers. |
The Aftermath of a Disastrous Venture A Follow up report on Operation Murambatsvina | Feb 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 1, 2005 |
| This report traces developments that have taken place since our June report and gives an overview of the main consequences of Operation Murambatsvina since it commenced on 19 May 2005. It also locates the Operation in the context of events that have happened in Zimbabwe over several years. |
Operation Murambatsvina and its effects on political participation. final 17 May 2017 | Feb 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | May 1, 2005 |
| A report demonstrating a recent study on risk aversion, Operation Murambatsvina [OM] had severe effects upon the population of Zimbabwe (Masunungure et al. 2017). The percentage of Zimbabweans that reported being “risk takers” in 1999 was 84%, but this dropped to a paltry 13% in 2005.The present study examined the changes in aspects of citizen agency – political participation, community participation, political trust and political affiliation – as well as lived poverty for three periods, 2004, 2005 and 2009. |
Mrs A Tibaijuka Report on Operation Murambatsvina | Feb 11, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 18, 2005 |
| The report outlines how the Government of Zimbabwe embarked on an operation to“clean-up” its cities. It was a“crash”operation known as “Operation Murambatsvina”, referred to in this report as Operation Restore Order. It started in the Zimbabwe capital, Harare, and rapidly evolved into anationwide demolition and eviction campaign carried out bythe police and the army. |
Taking Transitional justice to the people Volume 1 | Feb 11, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 1, 2009 |
| This is a preliminary report on transitional justice highlighting some of the key findings of the Forum's “Taking Transitional Justice to the People” Programme. |
Taking Transitional Justice to the people Volume 2 | Feb 11, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 1, 2010 |
| This report, “Who Will Dare Begin the Process of Recovering the Truth” (Volume Two of the Taking Transitional Justice to the People Outreach Report) sets out the experiences of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, its members and associates, who conducted outreach meetings in fifty-one constituencies in its community-based programme to take the concept of transitional justice to the community. Reports of the initial fourteen meetings were included in Volume One, published in June 2009. |
TJ Survey July 2011 | Feb 11, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 1, 2009 |
| 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. In this survey, the Forum conducted research between February and March 2011 to capture the recommendations and perceptions of individual Zimbabweans on transitional justice. |
Zimbabwe's Constitution of 2013 | Feb 11, 2019 | Institutional reform | May 9, 2013 |
| This Constitution is the supreme law of Zimbabwe and any law, practice, custom or conduct inconsistent with it is invalid to the extent of the inconsistency. |
Zimbabwe 2013 elections | Feb 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jul 31, 2013 |
| This report provides a thorough analysis primarily of the technical aspects of the elections, complementing the observer reports that have been published by other organisations. |
National Transitional Justice Working Group Formation Document | Feb 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Feb 27, 2014 |
| The press release outlines the vision, objectives and strategic goals as shaped by the mandate given by the varied transitional justice stakeholders in Zimbabwe. |
Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry 18 DEC 18 | Feb 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Aug 1, 2018 |
| Zimbabwe held itsnationalelections on the 30th of July 2018. The electoral process was generally peaceful until the 1st of August 2018, when many demonstrators took to the streets of Harare demanding the immediate release of the election results. These events, particularly those that occurred within Harare’s Central Business District (CBD), resulted in the death of six (6) people, injury of thirty-five (35), and massive damage to properties. |
EU Election Observers Final Report Zimbabwe 2018 | Feb 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Aug 1, 2018 |
| This report contains the findings of the EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) on the Harmonised Elections 2018. The electoral commission lacked full independence and appeared to not always act in an impartial manner. The final results as announced by the Electoral Commission contained numerous errors and lacked adequate traceability, transparency and verifiability. |
Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry 18 DEC 18 | Feb 11, 2019 | Extra-judicial Killings | Aug 1, 2018 |
| The report includes Findings and recommendations by the Commission following the 1 August 2018 events. |
COPAC's Final Narrative Report to Parliament Feb 2013 | Feb 12, 2019 | Institutional reform | Feb 7, 2013 |
| The Parliamentary Select Committee on the new constitution for Zimbabwe (hereinafter referred to as COPAC) was established on the 12th of April 2009 being comprised of Members of Parliament from the political parties that are signatory to the Global Political Agreement and a representative of the Chiefs Council who sits in Parliament. |