SEVEN ACTIVISTS ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH TREASON
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- May 31, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
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Seven activists, arrested on different dates, are facing charges of treason after they attended a training organised by the Center for Non-Violence Action and Strategies (CANVAS) in the Maldives.
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- Dec 16, 2019
FURTHER INFORMATION ACTIVISTS RELEASED ON BAIL, AWAITING TRIAL
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- Jul 31, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
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The trial of seven activists, charged with treason for attending a training in the Maldives, has yet to begin due to the authorities’ lack of preparedness.
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- Dec 16, 2019
31 August 2016 Newsletter
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- Aug 31, 2016
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- Politics & Governance
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ZHRC speaks to human rights victims
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- Dec 16, 2019
31 January 2017 Newsletter
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- Jan 31, 2017
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- Politics & Governance
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Newly appointed Executive Secretary hopes to leave a mark
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- Dec 16, 2019
31 August 2017 Commission Newsletter
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- Aug 31, 2017
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- Politics & Governance
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ZHRC’s ability to go ‘where the angels fear to tread’ impresses Speaker
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- Dec 16, 2019
ZHRC CHIREDZI ABDUCTION INVESTIGATION REPORT 2016
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- Dec 30, 2015
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- Human rights Judgements
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ZHRC CHIREDZI ABDUCTION INVESTIGATION REPORT 2016
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- Dec 16, 2019
ZHRC Report on the aftermath of disturbances after stayaway june 2019
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- Feb 11, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
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This is the final report containing the findings of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), pursuant to a monitoring mission that was undertaken on the 17th - 18th, the 21st – 25th of January and the 11th of February 2019 in Harare Metropolitan Province, Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, Mashonaland West and Mashonaland East in the aftermath of disturbances that occurred from Monday 14 January 2019.
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- Dec 16, 2019
Investigative Report on Discrimination on the Basis of Political Affiliation, Kadoma (Mashonaland West) 2018
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- Dec 31, 2018
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- Human rights Judgements
- Politics & Governance
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Investigative Report on Discrimination on the Basis of Political Affiliation, Kadoma (Mashonaland West) 2018
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- Dec 16, 2019
Investigative Report on Headlands Evictions ( Manicaland) 2018
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- Dec 31, 2018
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- Displacements
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A complaint of alleged unlawful eviction was lodged by settlers at Yorkshire Farm in Headlands.
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- Dec 16, 2019
Investigative Report on Maganga Estate Evictions ( Mashonaland East Province) 2018
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- Dec 31, 2017
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- Displacements
- Human rights Judgements
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This was a complaint on the arbitrary eviction and alleged violation of the complainants’ freedom from arbitrary eviction, right to dignity, the right to privacy and other interrelated rights of residents of Maganga Estate in Marondera-Mashonaland East Province (hereinafter referred to as the complainants).
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- Dec 16, 2019
Investigative Report on Chitungwiza Political Violence (Harare Province) 2018
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- Dec 31, 2017
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- Politics & Governance
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Political Violence
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- Dec 16, 2019
Anna Dzimano v 1. Constable Dzimano 2. Zimbabwe Republic Police
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- Dec 31, 2017
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- Women
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This report contains findings of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC/Commission), pursuant to an investigation undertaken by the ZHRC into a complaint alleging violation of the rights of arrested and detained persons and freedom from torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The complainant is Anna Masuka of Ngundu Village, Ward 11, Gutu District, Masvingo Province.
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- Dec 16, 2019
Mazvihwa Community v Murowa Diamonds
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- Dec 31, 2016
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- Human rights Judgements
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This report contains findings of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC/Commission), pursuant to an investigation undertaken by the ZHRC into a complaint lodged by Albert Chiwenga on behalf of the Mazvihwa community in Zvishavane.
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- Dec 16, 2019
2017 Mazowe Arnold Farm Report
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- Dec 31, 2017
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- Human rights Judgements
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This report contains findings of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC/Commission), pursuant to an investigation undertaken by the ZHRC into a complaint alleging the violation of the right to freedom from arbitrary eviction through the demolition of houses belonging to the complainants by the Zimbabwe Republic Police. Complainants are from Arnold farm which is part of the six farms that formed a game park known as Manzou Game Park.
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- Dec 16, 2019
BILL WATCH 40 2019 The Freedom of Information Bill
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- Jul 30, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
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On Friday 5th July the Freedom of Information Bill was published in the Gazette; it is available on the Veritas website
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- Dec 9, 2019
Biltrans V Min of Public service
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- Dec 31, 2016
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- Human rights Judgements
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At the end of hearing argument for both parties the court dismissed the application with no order as to costs. It was indicated at the time that reasons for the decision would follow in due course.
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- Dec 6, 2019
Jennifer williams and 9 V The State
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- Dec 31, 2017
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- Human rights Judgements
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This matter was referred to this court by a magistrate in terms of s 24 (2) of the former Constitution of Zimbabwe. After hearing the parties, judgment was reserved.
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- Dec 6, 2019
Gabriel shumba and 2 V Min of Justice
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- Dec 31, 2018
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- Human rights Judgements
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The applicants are all citizens of, but are not resident in, Zimbabwe. They give different reasons for their absence, with the first applicant citing political reasons.
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- Dec 6, 2019
Commissions Watch 7 2016 Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Press Statement on Public Protests and Police Conduct
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- Aug 30, 2017
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- Politics & Governance
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This bulletin contains the exact text of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission’s Press Statement on public protests and police conduct.
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- Dec 2, 2019
Simbanegavi judgement
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- Feb 20, 2013
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- Human rights Judgements
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On 8 December 2010 at around 1700 hours and in Avonlea Drive, the plaintiff was approached by the defendant who was in company of other officers of the Criminal Investigation Department.
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- Nov 28, 2019
Our Branches Are Broken Using the Tree Of Life Healing Method
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- Mar 30, 2016
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- Gukurahundi
- Trauma
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This article assesses the effectiveness of the Tree of Life healing approach, which was one of the methodologies tried during the course of the research with a small group of survivors of the 1980s atrocities.
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- Nov 28, 2019
APCJ Dec2010 Vol3 Num2
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- Dec 31, 2010
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- Politics & Governance
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The APCJ is a refereed journal with a panel of international editorial advisors and readers. All articles are anonymously peer reviewed by at least two referees.
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- Nov 28, 2019
Root and Branch
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- Mar 10, 2010
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- Transitional Justice
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Zimbabwe’s acute need for justice and reconciliation highlights a longstanding tension in transitional justice practice. The need for transitional justice processes in Zimbabwe has been clear since at least 2003, when Zimbabwean civil society articulated an ambitious set of transitional justice objectives in the Johannesburg Symposium.
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- Nov 28, 2019
CCJP Strategic document
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- Apr 16, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
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Strategic Plan for Constitution Dissemination, Education and Awareness in Fourteen (14) Officially Recognised Languages.
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- Nov 26, 2019
Hear Them Cry Report
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- Nov 27, 2019
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- Children
- Politics & Governance
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This report gives a detailed analysis of the direct and structural violence against children. On structural violence it addresses the defects in the legal framework and the structures that are supposed to protect children and expose the loopholes and notoriety of the system.
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- Nov 22, 2019
Healthworkers veiws on the constitution
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- Feb 19, 2010
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Politics & Governance
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This submission contains a compilation of the views of more than 400 health workers consulted by the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights about their views on the new Constitution.
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- Nov 21, 2019
Rights-Based Approaches to Health: Possibilities for Zimbabwe
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- Apr 30, 2009
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- 2008 & Beyond
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The right to health includes the entitlement to timely and appropriate health care and also encompasses underlying determinants of health, such as access to safe and potable water, adequate sanitation, an adequate supply of safe food, nutrition, housing and access to health-related education and information.
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- Nov 21, 2019
Age of Consent, Sexual Intercourse with Young Persons and Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in Zimbabwe
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- Jun 28, 2019
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- Children
- Women
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Issues of age of consent, having sexual intercourse with young persons and access to sexual and reproductive health services cannot be separated. They are intertwined. For that reason, this publication seeks to give an overview encompassing all these issues so that the discussion is situated within its proper and complete context.
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- Nov 18, 2019
Birth Registration Of Children In Zimbabwe
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- Oct 30, 2007
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- Children
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The Report Outline some of the major causes of non-registration of children at birth which include long investment in time through travelling and queues.
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- Nov 18, 2019
JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN SECTOR ANALYSIS FIELD STUDY REPORT
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- Nov 29, 2017
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- Children
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The study investigates the justice system providing a general analysis of the same as well as focusing on juvenile justice, custody, inheritance and the victim friendly initiative. This report will highlight the methodology and the findings from the Rusape and Harare field researches.
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- Nov 18, 2019
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum State of Human Rights Report 2018
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- Oct 16, 2019
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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This report covers the state of human rights in Zimbabwe in the year 2018. While it is impossible to capture and record every single incident that happened in the year, the report presents and analyses key events and incidences that shaped the human rights landscape, as well as compliance,accountability and impunity.
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- Nov 5, 2019
Anti-Impunity update
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- Jul 16, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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The alert highlights that failure by the government to honour court judgments in favour of victims of human rights violations by the police and the military, is actually a human rights violation.
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- Nov 5, 2019
ANTI IMPUNITY REPORT
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- Jul 31, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
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This report narrates the level and extent of state agents' level of impunity in Zimbabwe informed by the legal cases that the Forum has been working on since its formation in 1998.
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- Nov 5, 2019
NTJWG NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2019
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- Sep 30, 2019
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- Transitional Justice
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This newsletter details the developments in our country around transitional justice issues to give you a better view of the transitional justice landscape in Zimbabwe today. It covers the activities of the NPRC, our activities, and publications, the activities of our stakeholders and other global developments.
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- Nov 1, 2019
NTJWG Annual Report 2018
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- Jul 31, 2019
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- Transitional Justice
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The reporting year 2017-2018 was characterised by groundbreaking activities for the NTJWG.The social,political and economic environment in Zimbabwe during the reporting period was also laden with a lot of developments.
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- Nov 1, 2019
NTJWG Newletter May 2019
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- May 31, 2019
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- Transitional Justice
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This newsletter serves to keep you up to speed with transitional justice processes in the country.
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- Nov 1, 2019
NTJWG Executive Briefing Jan Mar 2019
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- Mar 31, 2019
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- Transitional Justice
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This briefing seeks to draw the Executive’s attention to the important developments in our country as they relate to transitional justice, healing and reconciliation.
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- Nov 1, 2019
NPRC Briefing March 2019
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- Apr 9, 2019
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- Transitional Justice
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This report carries a summary of the issued presented to the NPRC. In the briefing, the NTJWG raised several issues of concern to Zimbabwe’s transitional justice journey.
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- Nov 1, 2019
NTJWG Newsletter Feb Mar 2019
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- Mar 31, 2019
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- Transitional Justice
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This newsletter highlights activities carried out between February and March 2019
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- Nov 1, 2019
The Code of Inclusion(1)
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- Dec 31, 2018
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- Transitional Justice
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In this Code of Inclusion, NTJWG advances the mandate given by stakeholders to ensure that the processes of transitional justice in Zimbabwe are aligned to the expectations of the people of Zimbabwe and meet the best international standards.
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- Nov 1, 2019
Transitional Justice in pretransitional times1
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- Jul 30, 2016
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- Politics & Governance
- Transitional Justice
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This study is based on the major premise that Zimbabwe has had only one major transition that is from colonial settler rule in 1980, although there have been some political accommodations such as the 1997 Unity Accord and the 2008 Global Political Agreement.
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- Apr 11, 2019
Exploring Transitional Justice Options in Contemporary Zimbabwe
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- Jan 31, 2006
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- Transitional Justice
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This report is the product of research that was undertaken in Zimbabwe during 2004 in the wake of the August 2003 symposium. In 2003, there was considerable speculation about the prospects of political talks, and even some sort of ‘negotiated settlement’ between the ruling ZANU(PF) and the opposition MDC.
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- Apr 11, 2019
Transitional Justice Survey Report
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- Dec 31, 2011
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Transitional Justice
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This report is a follow-up to the Taking Transitional Justice to the People outreach project, which commenced in 2009, during which the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) went to local communities across the country to introduce the discussion on transitional justice.
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- Apr 11, 2019
An Analysis of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum Legal Cases, 1998–2006
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- Jun 30, 2006
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- Human rights Judgements
- Politics & Governance
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The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (Human Rights Forum) was established after the Food Riots in 1998 as human rights groups and NGOs in Harare swung into action following the many reports of human rights violations.
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- Apr 11, 2019
International Conference on Transitional Justice in Zimbabwe Report
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- Oct 6, 2012
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- Transitional Justice
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Transitional justice is crucial in dealing with the past and in achieving reconciliation. The United Nations Secretary General’s report on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies describes transitional justice as ‘the full range of processes and mechanisms associated with a society’s attempt to come to terms with the legacy of large-scale past abuses, in order to ensure accountability, serve justice and achieve reconciliation’.
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- Apr 11, 2019
What Happened to the Victims of the Food Riots 19–23 January 1998?
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- Jun 30, 2006
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- Riots
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This report provides a summary of the previous reports, with additional information obtained from an analysis of the completed court cases.
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- Apr 11, 2019
Transitional Justice Policy Symposium Report 2018
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- Nov 23, 2018
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Gukurahundi
- Transitional Justice
- Trauma
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This report captures all the proceedings of the symposium, speeches, expert exchanges and outcomes. With QR codes scattered across the report, the reader is invited to join the dialogue, to watch the videos of the presentations and capture the full emotion of the 2018 symposium.
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- Apr 4, 2019
WAITING FOR JUSTICE :The Politics of Delay in the Administration of Justice in Torture Cases: Practice, Standards and Responses
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- May 31, 2008
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- Politics & Governance
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The Report reviews international standards on ‘timeliness’ as well as court judgments and procedures from a number of countries around the world. It formulates a number of important litigation and advocacy strategies for the benefit of lawyers working with torture survivors which are designed to help mount effective responses to both systemic delays and delays in individual torture cases.
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- Apr 3, 2019
THE CASE OF HENRY DOWA: THE UNITED NATIONS & ZIMBABWE UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT
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- Jan 30, 2004
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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In May 2003 REDRESS learned that an allegedly notorious Zimbabwean police torturer, Henry Dowa, was in Kosovo. Sources inside and outside of Zimbabwe confirmed that there were numerous serious allegations of torture linked to him, and further investigations revealed that Dowa was part of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) civilian police force (CIVPOL).
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- Apr 3, 2019
TORTURE IN ZIMBABWE, PAST AND PRESENT PREVENTION, PUNISHMENT, REPARATION?
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- Jun 30, 2005
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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Zimbabwe has not acceded to the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment nor the statute of the International Criminal Court. There are a number of other specific Commonwealth declarations and principles, which were applicable to Zimbabwe before it left the Commonwealth in 2003.
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- Apr 3, 2019
Zimbabwe at the Cross-Roads: Views of Zimbabwean citizens on democracy and transitional justice.
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- Jan 30, 2005
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- Politics & Governance
- Transitional Justice
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This analysis, which included Zimbabwe, showed that, on average, Zimbabweans were highly dissatisfied with the state of democracy in their country, but that the winners were more satisfied than either the losers or the non-partisan, but also that the non-partisan were slightly more dissatisfied than the losers. This analysis was based on the data from the 1999 Afrobarometer survey, but one can see from the 2004 survey that this conclusion would still hold.
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- Apr 3, 2019
Perpetual Fear :Impunity and Cycles of Violence in Zimbabwe
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- Mar 31, 2011
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Trauma
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This report highlights the impunity that prevails in Zimbabwe. It provides an update on illustrative cases of political killings, torture, and abductions that took place during the presidential election run-off in 2008 and in the aftermath of the elections.
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- Apr 3, 2019
“Our Hands Are Tied” : Erosion of the Rule of Law in Zimbabwe
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- Nov 30, 2008
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- Politics & Governance
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This report finds that legal accountability and the rule of law in Zimbabwe have been seriously eroded under the ZANU-PF government through its interference in the criminal justice system. It shows that victims of human rights abuses—mainly MDC supporters—continue to be denied their right to justice and an effective remedy.
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- Apr 3, 2019
Fast Track Land Reform in Zimbabwe
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- May 31, 2002
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- Displacements
- Politics & Governance
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This report considers the human rights implications of the so-called fast track process of land redistribution in Zimbabwe, under which the government has revised the constitution and amended legislation in order to allow it to acquire commercial farms compulsorily and without compensation, and the land occupations that have accompanied it since early 2000.
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- Apr 2, 2019
Crisis without Limits: Human Rights and Humanitarian Consequences of Political Repression in Zimbabwe
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- Jan 31, 2009
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- Politics & Governance
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Zimbabwe is in a humanitarian crisis that is the result of a political crisis. A cholera epidemic has—as of January 12, 2009—left over 39,000 people infected and at least 2,000 dead, with the disease spreading to neighboring countries. This marks both the collapse of Zimbabwe’s healthcare system and the calculated disregard for the welfare of Zimbabweans by the ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF).
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- Apr 1, 2019
BRIEFING TO THE PRESESSION WORKING-GROUP OF THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
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- Date recorded
- Jun 30, 2011
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- Displacements
- Murambatsvina
- Women
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This briefing reflects Amnesty International’s information on human rights violations committed during and after mass forced evictions carried out in 2005. The program of forced evictions was carried out across the country, affecting an estimated 700,000 people, who were left without homes, or livelihoods, or both.
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- Apr 1, 2019
Shattered lives - the case of Porta Farm
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- Mar 31, 2006
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- Displacements
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Focusing on the case study of Porta Farm, this report looks at how the government of Zimbabwe has violated a range of human rights through the forcible eviction and forcible displacement of people, and through its subsequent failures to ensure even minimal essential levels of rights to water, food and housing of those who were internally displaced.
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- Apr 1, 2019
No justice for the victims of forced evictions
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- Date recorded
- Sep 8, 2006
- Category
- Displacements
- Murambatsvina
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In May 2005 the government of Zimbabwe launched Operation Murambatsvina, a programme of mass forced evictions and demolitions of homes and informal businesses. The operation targeted poor urban and surrounding (peri-urban) areas nationwide. The evictions and demolitions were carried out without adequate notice, court orders, due process, legal protection, redress or appropriate relocation measures, in violation of Zimbabwe’s obligations under international human rights law.
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- Apr 1, 2019
Can you have a reparations policy without justice?
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- Date recorded
- Sep 25, 1999
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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Under humanitarian law and a series of international conventions, all gross human rights violations are argued to require legal remedy. However, in situations of epidemic violence legal remedies may require extension through a policy of reparations. There are conceptual confusions that often impair the proper formulation of a reparations policy. This paper examines these problems in the context of Zimbabwe.
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- Apr 1, 2019
“At the boiling point of the pain”. Report of a pilot study examining the efficacy of psychotherapy for torture survivors.
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- Date recorded
- May 31, 2002
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- Trauma
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This study has been influenced by our reading of similar literatures in relation to the psychological and social effects of the trauma resulting from organised violence and torture. While we will not be reviewing that literature in depth in this report, it does seem important to note that there is a large body of literature relating both to similar experiences elsewhere in the world and also within the specifically Zimbabwean context.
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- Apr 1, 2019