stationery to enhance the quality of primary and secondary education
according to section 75 of the Constitution is one of its duties. Furthermore
there is need to create early childhood educational facilities that are
accessible in terms of cost and distance especially for the tender age group.
e. ZHRC recommends that in accordance with article 9(2) (c) of the Kampala
Convention, The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare should enact domestic
law that protects IDPs’ right to health. In particular, such legislation should
comply with the Minimum Essential Element by incorporating abilities and
needs, and the UN Guiding Principles in providing for the protection of the
rights of vulnerable groups within the IDP community, including the sexual
health of displaced women and psycho- social support for individuals subject
to the increased threat of gender-based violence and sexual assault as a
result of their displacement. Such law should obligate the ministry to provide
IDPs with access to treatment rather than placing the onus on IDPs to source
their own treatment. Also the ministry should include in the mandate of the
IDP focal institution, the responsibility for ensuring that health services
available to the general population are provided to IDPs in cases where IDPs
cannot easily access such services, and the particular health vulnerabilities
that accompany displacement are addressed by the national health legislation
and policy.
f. Section 77(a) of the Constitution provides that every person (including IDPs)
has a right to safe, clean and potable water. ZHRC recommends that the
policy makers should enact legislation with specific section on IDPs within
communities to ensure they have access to water supplies allocated that area
by public or private authorities. Also the Ministry of Water and Environment
through Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) at most minimum and
regardless of the circumstances and without discrimination provide and
ensure safe access to potable water, and sanitation in accordance with
Principle 18(a) and (d) of the UN Guiding Principles.
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