On the 18th of June 2019, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) launched its anti- impunity report at a breakfast meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Harare. The report is an indicator of how impunity undermines democratic gains and the primary obstacle to upholding the rule of law. The launch was a […]
ZIMBABWE CIVIC ORGANISATIONS’ SHADOW REPORT TO: THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS
February 18, 2020 : News
This is a Shadow Report prepared by a consortium of civil society organisations (CSOs) based in Zimbabwe to supplement, and in some cases controvert the contents of the 11th – 15th Combined State Party Report submitted by the government of Zimbabwe (GoZ), for consideration during the 64th Session of the African Commission on Human and […]
Burdened by disgrace
December 11, 2019 : News
In February 2019 the Forum produced a report that documented 17 cases of rape and sexual assault and other violations during the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) organised stay-away between the 14th – 16th January 2019. The violations were allegedly perpetrated by the military and the police service. The basis of this paper is […]
Justice Under Siege
December 10, 2019 : Special Reports
The promises of the new dispensation have disintegrated. From the hope and optimism that characterised the November 2017 transition from the de facto one-man rule under Robert Mugabe, many Zimbabweans are now left with a lasting sense of despair and hopelessness. It appears the justice delivery system has been weaponised against government critics, and due […]