TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY BUILDING A MOVEMENT FOR TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN ZIMBABWE In 2009, the Forum launched the taking transitional justice to the people programme which sensitised communities on available transitional justice options. This was followed by a major civil society campaign for a truth commission which led to the establishment of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) through the 2013 Constitution. In 2012 and 2013, the Forum convened two successive international conferences one of the outcomes, of which led to the establishment of the National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) in 2014 with the endorsement of 46 organisations. The Forum was tasked to coordinate the work of the NTJWG, which the Secretariat has done since 2014. The Forum has in the past 20 years, successfully stood with many victims and survivors of human rights violations as documented in this report. From 2003, the Forum led conversation on transitional justice leading to the Johannesburg Symposium on Civil Society and Justice in Zimbabwe, coconvened by the Forum and the Southern Africa Trauma Coalition. This was followed by the Options for Transitional Justice for Zimbabwe Workshop in 2008. Both meetings called for a comprehensive transitional justice policy that included a truth, justice and reconciliation commission. The Executive Director of the Forum, Ms. B Gorejena launching the Guide to understanding the NPRC in Masvingo 20 ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM ANNUAL REPORT 2017