A Guide to Understanding A Guide to Understanding the the NATIONAL NATIONAL PEACE & RECONCILIATION PEACE & RECONCILIATION COMMISSION COMMISSION IN ZIMBABWE IN ZIMBABWE Acknowledgments The National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) Summary box acknowledges support given by various stakeholders during the of this guide.of ten years. •development The NPRC has duration • There is no agreement on the date to start counting the Special thanks go to the secretariat of the NTJWG, which is the ten-year period. •Zimbabwe The Constitution does not specify the time the NPRC Human Rights NGO Forum. should exercise its mandate. This guide would not have been successful without the generous support of our funding partners. For feedback and information in this guide, we are grateful to the stakeholders who read through the draft guide and gave valuable input. Finally, we owe it to the thousands of victims who have requested for this simplified guide. It is their enduring hope for healing which keeps us on our feet. 28 4