The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) has welcomed recent assurances by the Government of Zimbabwe that it will now work on the instruments of ratification of the African Court Protocol. The undertaking was made by the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi during a visit by the President of the [...]
Curbing Impunity in Zimbabwe : Civil Society Anti- Impunity Round Table Meeting Report
September 3, 2019 : News
Zimbabwe suffers a deep culture of systematic violations of human rights, supported by impunity, disregard for the rule of law and an ineffective legal framework for greater human rights accountability. Violence has manifested at every political event since Zimbabwe’s inception. Perpetrators remain in positions of power and victims remain marginalized and blamed. Impunity creates the [...]
New Dispensation Under Spotlight for Human Rights Violations
August 29, 2019 : News
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum launched the special report ‘The New Deception: What has changed’ which critiques the record of the Mnangagwa government’s record in human rights observation. The report reflects on the promises of the return to constitutionalism and rule of law made President Emmerson Mnangagwa on 26 August 2018. Emmerson Mnangagwa was [...]
1 August Commemorations: We have not forgotten!
August 19, 2019 : News
Activity Report August 1 Concise Version The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum commemorated the August 1, 2018 Shootings which left 6 dead and over 40 injured under the theme – We have not forgotten! The Forum hosted and launched a documentary titled – We have not forgotten and distributed flyers which captured the Motlanthe Commission [...]