Report of the 2014 International Human Rights Day Commemorations - 10th December 2014 Amphitheatre, Bulawayo various strategic locations around the city a few days prior to the commemorations. The poster contributed immensely to raising public awareness of the commemorations and generated interest by the public to attend the event. In partnership with ZHRC, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZIMRIGHTS) and the Bulawayo Progressive Residents’ Association (BUPRA), played a major part in mobilising the public to attend the commemorations, reaching out to about two thousand three hundred (2,300) people who participated in both the procession and attended the commemorations at the Amphitheatre. In addition, ZIMRIGHTS enlisted the services of trained marshals who assumed responsibility for crowd control and helped in maintaining order during the march and throughout the main event at the Amphitheatre. ii. Placards During the commemorative march/procession, participants held and displayed placards branded with ZHRC and funding partner logos with various simplified messages focused on creating awareness of human in the Declaration of Rights (Chapter 4 of the Constitution), and reflected in Regional and International Treaties, Agreements and Conventions. The simplified messages on placards were conveyed in English, Shona and Ndebele. The placards also highlighted topical human rights issues and concerns that require attention by the state, human rights defenders, civil society organisations, all sectors of society and the general public at large. Individually and collectively, the placards contributed to raising awareness of the mandate and functions of ZHRC. The placards, branded with logos of the Commission and the Development / Funding Partners facilitated increased visibility of ZHRC as the lead Institution in the protection, promotion and enforcement of fundamental human rights and freedoms in Zimbabwe. Partners playing a complementary role to that of ZHRC in the protection and promotion of human rights also had their visibility amplified through their participation and some of them had their own placards. The net result was an increase in awareness of fundamental human rights and freedoms in their broadest sense as well as public understanding of UDHR, human rights guaranteed in the Constitution and national laws that have a bearing on the protection, promotion and enforcement of human rights in Zimbabwe. Page 6 of 19