develops and manages the implementation of diverse externally funded projects in the
integrated areas of peace, conflict transformation, gender, peacebuilding, transitional
justice, leadership development and governance. She has published a number of book
chapters, monographs and articles in well regarded international journals. She sits on a
number of internationally recognised boards including Africa University Board of
Directors, the Academic Council of the United Nations Affiliated University for Peace
in Costa Rica and the Scientific Committee of the United Nations-mandated University
for Peace (UPEACE) Africa Programme in Addis Ababa.
Rev. Dr. Fradereck Chiromba - Promotion of Truth
Fr. Dr. Fradereck Chiromba is the Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops
Conference (ZCBC) since 2004 and the former Executive Secretary of the Zimbabwe
Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) until the beginning of 2014. ZHOCD
brings together the Heads of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches, The Evangelical
Fellowship of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference. His current
office is responsible for coordinating the various interventions of the Church in
humanitarian work through Caritas; lobbying, Advocacy and Governance through the
Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace; Education and Health through the Social
Services Cluster; and finally the pastoral work of the Church in Zimbabwe. He was
part of the team that initiated the process of crafting a National Vision for Zimbabwe
that produced the discussion document titled The Zimbabwe We Want. The document,
produced in 2006 changed the national discourse in Zimbabwe from one of polarization
and confrontation to one of engagement, dialogue and transformation. He was the CoChairperson of the Church and Civil Society Forum in Zimbabwe until 2014.
Ms. Roselyn Hanzi - Justice and Accountability
Ms. Roselyn Hanzi is a lawyer registered to practice law in Zimbabwe, employed by
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights since 2007 and is presently working as Project
Manager. She has managed the Human Rights Defenders and Institutional Reform and
Policy Formulation portfolios. She holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree Honors from the
University of Zimbabwe and Master of Laws (Human Rights and Democratisation in
Africa), from the Center for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria and post
graduate qualifications – Diploma in Transitional Justice from International Center for
Transitional Justice and a certificate in Legislative Drafting from the Institute of
Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London. She has researched and written
on the situation of HRDs in Zimbabwe, elections, and human rights law broadly,
institutional reform topics on judiciary, and other key rule of law institutions involved
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