Consolidated report on food riots
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- Date recorded
- Jan 19, 1998
- Category
- Riots
- Summary
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%.
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- Mar 5, 2019
ZIMBABWE 1980 Elections report
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- Date recorded
- Feb 14, 1980
- Category
- Elections
- Summary
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.
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- Mar 5, 2019
Lancaster House Agreement
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- Date recorded
- Jan 1, 1980
- Category
- Politics & Governance
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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.
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- Mar 5, 2019
War victims Compensation Act
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- Date recorded
- Nov 14, 1980
- Category
- Politics & Governance
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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.
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- Mar 5, 2019
Shortcomings of the Kariba Draft Constitution
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- Date recorded
- Sep 30, 2007
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- Politics & Governance
- Summary
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.
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- Mar 5, 2019
NCA Proposed Draft Constitution
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- Date recorded
- May 1, 1997
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- Politics & Governance
- Summary
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.
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- Mar 5, 2019
List 2018 Statutory Instruments complete
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2018
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Date modified
- Mar 6, 2019
List Statutory Instruments of 2017 January to May
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- Date recorded
- May 31, 2017
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Date modified
- Mar 6, 2019
Icasa Zimbabwe Information Guide 24 November 2015
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- Date recorded
- Nov 24, 2015
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2019
Child Protection Policy DRAFT
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2015
- Category
- Children
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A Child Protection Policy aimed at standardizing child protection measures both within the organisation and communities. Clear rules governing conduct as well as functioning and transparent oversight and complaint mechanisms all go towards ensuring a high degree of child protection and these are contained in this policy.
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- Mar 7, 2019
Simplified Domestic Violence Act
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- Date recorded
- Oct 25, 2007
- Category
- Children
- Women
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The pamphlet provides a summary of the Domestic Violence Act [Chapter 5:16] and explanatory notes on its application for the benefit of children, their caregivers and partners in the child rights sector.The Act was enacted on 26 February 2007 and became operational on 25 October 2007.
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- Mar 7, 2019
Declaration of Global Principles for Domestic Observers
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- Date recorded
- Apr 3, 2012
- Category
- Elections
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Non-partisan citizen election observers and monitors can be considered as specialized human rights defenders focused on civil and political rights, which are central to achieving genuine elections.
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- Mar 12, 2019
Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry 18 DEC 18
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- Date recorded
- Aug 1, 2018
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
- Riots
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The report includes Findings and recommendations by the Commission following the 1 August 2018 events.
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- Mar 12, 2019
A Preliminary Study Into Zimbabwean Societal Perceptions of Rape
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- Date recorded
- Apr 30, 2013
- Category
- Women
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This report is based on the results of this study, which was done through the administration of a questionnaire prepared by RAU with a special focus on rape as a component of sexual violence. The study revealed interesting findings about how people view rape including that,Most people had a good understanding of what rape is and they based it on cultural implications.
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- Mar 12, 2019
National Gender Policy
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2013
- Category
- Women
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This second National Gender Policy replaces the first National Gender Policy of 2004. The first National Gender Policy gave way to a range of initiatives meant to address gender inequalities. The ethos of Growth with Equity underpinned the 2004 NGP which was implemented under four thematic areas namely – (i) Women in Politics and Decision Making; (ii) Women and the Economy; (iii) Education and Training of Women; and (iv) Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women.
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- Mar 12, 2019
Policy Brief: Challenges in attaining Gender balance in elections in Zimbabwe
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- Date recorded
- Feb 28, 2015
- Category
- Elections
- Women
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The paper suggests ways of increasing women's participation in local government, parliament and senate.
- Date modified
- Mar 12, 2019
Publication 122 (1)
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2009
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
- Women
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This paper advocates that election observation should take note of the issue of gender equality in electoral processes. Women’s full and equal participation and the integration of gender perspectives into all levels of the electoral processes enhance democratic practices in elections and for this reason, election observer missions should be prepared to render an election not free and fair on the basis of significant transgressions of the electoral rights of women.
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- Mar 12, 2019
The Women's Charter
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- Date recorded
- Apr 30, 2000
- Category
- Women
- Summary
What Zimbabwean Women Demand in the new Constitution
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- Mar 13, 2019
GENDER EQUALITY AND EQUITY ANALYSIS 15 May 2017
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- Date recorded
- May 15, 2017
- Category
- Women
- Summary
The Research & Advocacy Unit (RAU) undertook an analysis of the gender equality provisions under Zimbabwe’s new Constitution and compared these provisions to those constituted by select countries in the region.This document sets forth the analysis by providing a comparison between the gender equity provisions of the Constitution of Zimbabwe and those of Botswana, and Kenya, and South Africa.
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- Mar 13, 2019
Zimbabwe Amnesty Paper
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- Date recorded
- Nov 23, 2018
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Transitional Justice
- Summary
This paper seeks to examine the question of amnesty and whether it is pragmatic to effect it as a healing and reconciliation mechanism within the context of Zimbabwe.
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- Mar 13, 2019
Symposium Day 3 Report
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- Date recorded
- Nov 23, 2018
- Category
- Transitional Justice
- Summary
Reverend Useni Sibanda opened the conference’s third day by assisting participants to reflect on first two days Symposium’s outputs drawing from various presentations and evidence by victims and survivors of the Gukurahundi atrocities.
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- Mar 13, 2019
Research paper on the Transitional Justice Strategy for Zimbabwe draft
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- Date recorded
- Nov 30, 2018
- Category
- Transitional Justice
- Summary
The objective of the research is the development of a discussion paper for a transitional justice framework for Zimbabwe. This research will cover aspects regarding the understanding of key transitional justice questions in Zimbabwe.
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- Mar 13, 2019
Stakeholders Conference on TJ Principles Report
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- Date recorded
- Jul 24, 2015
- Category
- Transitional Justice
- Summary
This report captures the proceedings of the Stakeholders Conference on Transitional Justice Principles in Zimbabwe which was convened by the National Transitional Justice Working Group from 23 to 24 July 2015 in Nyanga. The conference discussed and produced the Guiding Principles for Transitional Justice Policy in Practice for Zimbabwe.
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- Mar 13, 2019
Guiding Principles for TJ in Zim
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- Date recorded
- Sep 30, 2015
- Category
- Transitional Justice
- Summary
The report Further Explains the Guiding Principles of Transitional Justice in Zimbabwe Which are, Promotion of Truth, Justice and accountability, Memorialisation, Institutional reform, Gender and Reparations.
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- Mar 13, 2019
State of NTJWG in Zimbabwe
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- Date recorded
- Mar 31, 2017
- Category
- Transitional Justice
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This report captures the key developments in Zimbabwe's key transitional justice processes to date. It highlights those developments relevant to the mandate of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-recurrence.
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- Mar 13, 2019
NTJWG ANNUAL REPORT 2017
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2017
- Category
- Transitional Justice
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The work of the NTJWG in the period 2016 to 2017 has seen stakeholders pushing back on the government, rejecting the initial NPRC Bill and mobilising communities to voice their concerns. In early 2017, NTJWG invited stakeholders to a planning workshop in Harare. 37 organisations responded to that call and a comprehensive strategy was produced.
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- Mar 13, 2019
NTJWG Pre Election Transitional Justice Briefing
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- Date recorded
- Jul 26, 2018
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Transitional Justice
- Summary
The report presents areas of concern as Zimbabweans head for the polls in the first post-Mugabe election. It is a tightly contested election pitting a post-Tsvangirai opposition coalition and a post-Mugabe ruling party. Both the opposition and the ruling party are promising real change, equating the plebiscite to the 1980 elections that ushered in majority rule.
- Date modified
- Mar 13, 2019
Issue 1 Reconciliation Pathways
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- Date recorded
- Mar 21, 2018
- Category
- 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.
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- Mar 13, 2019
Survivors Speak on TJ in Zim
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- Date recorded
- Feb 6, 2019
- Category
- Gukurahundi
- Trauma
- Summary
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.
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- Mar 13, 2019
ZPP MMR Dec 2015
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2015
- Category
- Trauma
- Summary
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.
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- Mar 14, 2019