Harare Office. Hotlines: 0786 602 035 or 0771 838 656. 693. HUMAN rights groups yesterday said Zimbabwe witnessed severe increased violations of people's rights this year due to the . Zimbabwe Human Rights Association. ZWE 001 / 0420 / OBS 047 Arbitrary arrest / Judicial harassment / Physical assault Zimbabwe May 5, 2020. 2017 MILITARY COUP IN ZIMBABWE: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 829 right to security and freedom from torture. World Report 2020 - Zimbabwe. The meeting started at 18:00 hrs. 49 J.M. In February, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum reported extensive human rights violations during the crackdown, documenting 17 extrajudicial killings, 17 cases of rape and sexual assault, 26 cases of abduction, 61 displacements, 81 gunshot injuries, at least 586 cases of assaults, torture, and inhuman and degrading treatment including dog . A man arrested for protesting over human rights abuses makes a court appearance in leg irons at the magistrates courts in Harare, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission [ZHRC] - 2020 Annual Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Report details the operations and activities of the Commission in the year 2020 and informs the Legislature, Government Ministries, Departments, other stakeholders and the general public on the work of the ZHRC in fulfilling its mandate to promote, protect and . As a result of consistent advocacy, Zimbabwe for the first time issued invitations to six UN Special Mechanisms to visit the country. MEMBERS OF THE FORUM § Amnesty International-Zimbabwe (AI- Z) § Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace - Zimbabwe (CCJP- Z) § Civic Education Network . was last year accused by Amnesty International of a "ruthless" and systematic crackdown on human rights. . ZIMBABWE 6 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019 United States Department of State • Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor shortages, the ZPCS was at times unable to transport pretrial detainees to court hearings, resulting in delayed trials and longer detentions. A man arrested for protesting over human rights abuses makes a court appearance in leg irons at the magistrates courts in Harare, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. The Zimbabwe Human Rights . The two (2) vacancies in the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), arose due to the expiry of the terms of office of two (2) Members by the 21 st September 2021. Zimbabwe COVID-19 Lockdown Monitoring Report10 June 2020 - Day 73. Unidentified assailants, suspected to be state security agents, abducted and tortured more . "Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) Statement on the Human Rights Situation in the Extended Phase of the National Lockdown in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic." 22 April 2020. SADC organisations, namely, the Human Rights Institute of South Africa (South Africa), Center . Dewa Mavhinga, the southern Africa Director at Human Rights Watch, seen here Aug. 29, 2020, in Harare, says the Zimbabwe government must investigate claims of rights abuses by state agents . 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: Zimbabwe Office of International Religious Freedom. Tipei is hardworking, committed and passionate about her work. BY MOSES MATENGA/VANESSA GONYE/MIRIAM MANGWAYA. Zimbabwe is constitutionally a republic. FILE: A man is arrested by police officers after resisting orders to vacate a vegetable market area in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, March 31, 2020, on the second day of a lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. The environment was characterised by a wide range of human rights violations in the first quarter of 2020. Its purpose is to promote, protect and enforce human rights and fundamental or basic freedoms. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (extract) Access to documentation is a fundamental human right. Security forces also continued to commit arbitrary arrests, violent assaults, abductions, torture and other abuses against opposition politicians, dissidents, journalists, and . The ZPP is a human rights organisation that monitors and documents politically motivated human rights violations in Zimbabwe. In January, February, August, and November, uniformed and plainclothes soldiers and police officers systematically assaulted civilians in the Harare central . ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION JOBS ADVERT [ 14 April 2020] The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission(ZHRC) has advertised numerous vacancies in both its Harare and Bulawayo Offices. ZimRights believes that the role of women human rights defenders is critical in advancing the human rights struggle. According to human rights organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch the government of Zimbabwe violates the rights to shelter, food, freedom of movement and residence, freedom of assembly and . $85,000. May 12, 2021 . Activities and Societies: Moot club member:- I was involved in the Student's Moot Court. The protests came at the height of Mnangagwa and his government's . According to the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, 17 people lost their lives. About The Author . This was on the sidelines of the 40th SADC Ordinary Summit. The UPR is the periodic review of the human rights records of the 193 UN Member States by the UPR . She is an avid learner and has the ability to . Gatherings of more than two people were prohibited, borders were closed and there was an automatic extension of permitted residence of foreign nationals. Posted by isaiah_g9q25srh | Jul . Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission. The human rights situation was marked with the critical constitutional question over the supremacy of the Constitution ushered in by yet a second amendment bill proposing 27 amendments to the current Constitution of Zimbabwe. An inmate looks on from the same prison vehicle as Marry Mubaiwa, the wife of Zimbabwe vice-president Constantino Chiwenga, as she leaves the Harare Magistrate's Court, on December 16, 2019, where she was charged with attempted murder of the vice . Today, 26 th June 2020 marks 33 years since the United Nations Convention Against Torture came into force in 1987 and 23 years since the day was marked for commemoration by the United Nations General Assembly in 1997.. Meanwhile, in its submissions to the ACHPR Ordinary Session, on 20 July 2020, MISA Zimbabwe raised concern at the increasing number of attacks on media workers and the deteriorating safety and security environment for journalists. While the Government of Zimbabwe does not recognise any specific groups as Indigenous to the country, two peoples self-identify as such: the Tshwa (Tjwa, Tsoa, Tshwao, Cuaa) San found in western Zimbabwe, and the Doma (Vadema, Tembomvura) of Mbire District in north-central Zimbabwe. May 18, 2020. They deployed security forces to abduct, assault and torture perceived critics, and opposition members and leaders. National documents establish the legal relationship between a citizen and his or her country and they give rise to rights and obligations for both. Harare, Paris — The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisation in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), welcome yesterday's acquittal of human rights defender Godfrey Kurauone, who was detained arbitrarily in Zimbabwe for over a month, while denouncing the judicial harassment suffered by civil society members speaking out against the . Harare, Zimbabwe . 2020 in Harare. That's because the Global Goals, which were adopted in 2015 by all 193 UN member states, are based on the goals and principles of the United Nations Charter , in particular, on full respect for international law and the . April 26, 2020 : News. The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) was created by the Global Political Agreement (GPA) which was signed by the three major political actors (ZANU PF and two MDC formations) in this country in 2008 and was given effect by Constitution Amendment 19 and specifically section 100R of the former Constitution. Wednesday 10 June 2020 marked day 73 of the national lockdown declared by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and has been in place since 30 March 2020. The Ministry of Health and Child Care reported an increase in the number of confirmed cases increased to three hundred and twenty . The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum presents to you the state of human rights 2019 annual report. The Committee on . The country elected Emmerson Mnangagwa president for a five-year term in 2018 in general elections. It is now established by the . including the Vatican, ZCC, Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, and others defended ZCBC President Archbishop Robert Ndlovu while local commentators criticized the government for singling out the . United States provides additional $600,000 for disaster recovery to small holder farmers affected by Cyclone Idai; These rights include the right to dignity (section 51 . The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) supports good faith, evidence-based interventions designed to slow down and respond to infections. December 11, 2020. Private Bag 7759 Causeway, Harare. Nkomo Street (Between 3rd and 4th Avenue, Bulawayo) Telephone: +263 292 64170-73. May 12, 2021 . Section 44 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.20) provides that all persons including juristic persons have a duty to respect, protect, promote and fulfil the rights and freedoms set out in the Constitution. Concluding observations (2020) CEDAW/C/ZWE/CO/6 Committee on the Rights of the Child Concluding observations (2016) CRC/C/ZWE/CO/2 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Concluding observations (2000) CERD/C/304/Add.92 Human Rights Committee Concluding observations (1998) CCPR/C/79/Add.89 Committee on Economic, Social and . The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) is Zimbabwe's biggest grassroots movement of ordinary people for human rights. Despite President Emerson Mnangagwa repeatedly voicing his commitments to human rights reforms, Zimbabwe remained highly intolerant of basic rights, peaceful dissent, and free expression in 2019. Despite President Emerson Mnangagwa repeatedly voicing his commitments to human rights reforms, Zimbabwe remained highly intolerant of basic rights, peaceful dissent, and free expression in 2019. The grant will support institutional capacity building to enable the organization to carry out its mission to enhance and coordinate grassroots activism throughout the country. INTERNATIONAL pressure continues to pile on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to respect human rights, with the United States embassy in Harare also raising concern over the matter yesterday. On 18 January 2019, following the protests, the government imposed a total internet shutdown which critics said was designed to blackout social media reports of a violent crackdown on the protests. labelling such reporting as false.3 Chin'ono was arrested in July 2020 (see C3). 144 Samora Machel Avenue, Harare. Inconsistent with international law, the 2014 Trafficking in Persons Act defined trafficking in persons as a movement-based crime and did not adequately define "exploitation.". Back to Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE 2020. Mamombe and Chimbiri, who were represented by Alec Muchadehama of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, were arrested on 5 March 2021 and charged with convening and partaking in a prohibited gathering in contravention of section 5(3)(a) of the Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Consolidation and Amendment Order of Statutory Instrument 200/2020 as . For the past 27 years, ZimRights has empowered communities through civic education, legal aid support, psycho-social support and community advocacy strategies to ensure the realisation of basic . To strengthen and coordinate grassroots citizen participation in defense of human rights and constitutionalism in Zimbabwe. The Committee on Standing Rules and Orders (CSRO) is mandated, in terms of Sections 237 and 243 of the Constitution, to nominate candidates for possible appointment by His Excellency, the President, to serve on the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission as provided for in Chapter 13 Part 5 of the . Police and security agents killed at least 10 people. Telephone: +263 242 703596/703616/701811. The United Nations says Zimbabwe, which has extended a . Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) Interviews. Unidentified assailants, suspected to be state security agents, abducted and tortured more than 70 critics of the government during 2020. As Zimbabwe goes through an extended national lockdown, the Forum is concerned . Published: 30/Sep/2020 Source: Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission. Zimbabwe's human rights situation has worsened since six people were shot in Harare in the aftermath of the July 2018 polls and up to 10 people were killed during a crackdown on dissent in . . ANNOUNCEMENT: The Department of State will release an addendum to this report in mid 2021 that expands the subsection on Women in Section 6 to include a broader range of issues related to reproductive rights. During nationwide protests in mid-January, . Dear Colleagues, Last week, 13 August 2020, I was invited by the Humanities Research Institute of Africa (HRIA) to share my thoughts on a diplomatic mission sent by South Africa's President, Cyril Ramaphosa to Zimbabwe to seek a better understanding of what is taking place in the country amid national and international cries against reported cases of jailing of journalists, human rights . Citizens exercising their civil rights, such as Godfrey Kurauone, Hopewell Chin . Zimbabwe, like most countries, is facing the threat of an unprecedented pandemic in COVID-19. According to the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights . United Nations Says Zimbabwe Facing Human Rights Woes, Collapsing Economy. Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum reported 16 rapes, one sexual assault, 26 abductions, and a minimum of 586 assault and torture cases involving security forces from January 14 to February 5. "The Zimbabwe Human Rights Festival 2020 strongly buttresses the 2020 theme for the Human Rights Day which is Recover Better Stand Up for Human Rights that relates to the COVID-19 pandemic and . Sun 17 May 2020 10.52 EDT. Police and security agents killed at least 10 people. The authorities used COVID-19 regulations to justify severe restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. The UNCT and OHCHR provided technical support to strengthen the monitoring and reporting capacity of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission during the 2018 electoral process. including the Vatican, ZCC, Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, and others defended ZCBC President Archbishop Robert Ndlovu while local commentators criticized the government for singling out the . #ZimbabweanLivesmatter is a social media hashtag alerting the world to human rights abuses, the violation of the constitution by the Government and the continued disregard for the rule of law in Zimbabwe.This hashtag has continuously been posted and shared by users of Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Older hashtags such as #ThisFlag and #zimshutdown2016 and #Tajamuka/#Sesijikile have trended . . Parliament of Zimbabwe received sixteen (16) nominations, ten (10) males and six (6) females, by the closing date. For the past 27 years, ZimRights has empowered communities through civic education, legal aid support, psycho-social support and community advocacy strategies to ensure the realisation of basic . Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights says it has represented more than 20 people detained since last week, when the military and the police thwarted an anti-government protest that had been scheduled . "Zimbabweans' rights to freedom of expression, speech and association remain enshrined in their Constitution. Zimbabweans are staging solo protests on social media to challenge human rights abuse in the southern African country. The Commission is created by Chapter 12 of the Constitution as one of the Independent Commissions supporting democracy in Zimbabwe. Human Rights Lawyer Alec Muchadehama. A woman looks at newpaper billboards in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 16, 2019. In February 2019, human rights defender Rashid Mahiya was allegedly threatened several times on Twitter by ZANU-PF supporters, and in an effort to coerce him into turning himself in for arrest, soldiers raided the home of . The report, titled Zimbabwe 3rd Cycle United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Civil Society Organisations, Stakeholders' Report 14 July 2021, was submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council ahead of the council's assessment of Zimbabwe's human rights situation on January 26. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your intervention in the following situation in Zimbabwe. Statutory Instrument 83 of 2020 - the COVID-19, Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) (Amendment) Order, 2020 (SI 83/2020), implementing a 21-day lockdown order. It is a right upon which other rights can be enjoyed. . Zimbabwe is a member of the United Nations and has ratified all the instruments which form the international bill of human rights. The 2014 act criminalized the involuntary transport of a person and the voluntary . It is a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The report, titled Zimbabwe 3rd Cycle United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Civil Society Organisations, Stakeholders' Report 14 July 2021, was submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council ahead of the council's assessment of Zimbabwe's human rights situation on January 26. Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum 1 Raleigh Street, Suite 4 P O Box 9077 Harare, Zimbabwe Tel (+263)04-772-860 Fax (+263) 04-770-170 During nationwide protests in mid-January, following the president's sudden announcement of a fuel price increase . Indigenous World 2020: Zimbabwe Written on 11 May 2020.Posted in Zimbabwe. They deployed security forces to abduct, assault and torture perceived critics, and opposition members and leaders. Share: Rate: Previous ROHR Zimbabwe Midlands Branch Zoom meeting held on Saturday the 27th of June 2020 Report. Despite President Emerson Mnangagwa repeatedly voicing his commitments to human rights reforms, Zimbabwe remained highly . . ROHR Zimbabwe Human Rights Violations (HRV) Monitoring Committee Zoom meeting of Sunday 25th October 2020 - Report 28 th October 2020. In February, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum reported extensive human rights violations during the crackdown, documenting 17 extrajudicial killings, 17 cases of rape and sexual assault, 26 cases of abduction, 61 displacements, 81 gunshot injuries, at least 586 cases of assaults, torture, and inhuman and degrading treatment including dog . "I have known and supervised the work of Tipei Sibindi for over 3 years, as coordination officer for projects on human rights at the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC). 26 th June 2020. The deadline for all applications is the 21st of April 2020 . Part 4 discusses the past human rights records of the major players in the coup and what the 'success' of the coup means to human rights protection in Zimbabwe, especially the rights to have judicial recourse of those whose On 13 August 2020 the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network hosted a SADC CSOs engagement on the current human rights situation in Zimbabwe. Formed in 1993. There were widespread reports of systematic and escalating violations of human rights in Zimbabwe under the regime of Robert Mugabe and his party, ZANU-PF, between 1980 and 2017.. ROHR ZIMBABWE - DOSSIER ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN ZIMBABWE FROM NOV 2017 - JULY 2020 pdf version. HARARE-Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) are concerned about the arrests of, and restrictions placed upon a number of lawyers limiting their freedoms to carry out their profession since the beginning of 2020 and have launched a report outlining attacks on human rights lawyers in Zimbabwe. Bulawayo Office. This is why on 12 June 2020, the ZimRights National Council passed a resolution to create a Women's Council and initiate steps to advance the leadership of women in the human rights agenda. The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) is a coalition of 20 human rights organisations working towards the realisation of a society that respects all human rights in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's human rights situation continued to decline in 2020 under Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidency. Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating this very important day on the human rights calendar. Visit the post for more. The Commission seeks to promote, protect and enforce human rights and administrative justice in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is a State party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. 2020 Human Rights Report: Zimbabwe; Joint Local Statement on Human Rights situation in Zimbabwe; JOINT LOCAL STATEMENT ON RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY; Sections & Offices. [New Zimbabwe] Local media and human rights organisations have strongly condemned the State over its barbaric.. • Africa • One News Page: Sunday, 24 May 2020 The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) is Zimbabwe's biggest grassroots movement of ordinary people for human rights. The ZHRC was created by section 242 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe as amplified by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Act Chapter 10:30 (2/2012)The Commission is mandated to, among other things;Promote awareness of and respect for all human rights and freedoms;Promote the protection, development and realization of all human rights and freedoms;Monitor and assess observance of human rights . "Parliament had already been weakened by the 2020 recalls of . Increased engagement of the Resident . The nominations closed on 1 st October 2021. 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: Zimbabwe Office of International Religious Freedom. Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum: Press Statement on the Constitution of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (03.06.2020) Zimbabwean law criminalized some forms of sex trafficking and labor trafficking. Speaking at a constitutional symposium organised by the Zimbabwe Human Rights (NGO) Forum in Harare on Thursday, Mugwadi said independent commissions were expected to provide their mandatory service but underfunding affected their operations. "Such funding handicaps have the potential to cripple the operations of Chapter 12 commissions . World Report 2020 - Zimbabwe. . Human rights defenders say it appears the . Human rights defenders say it appears the . Human rights have continued to decline during Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidency. Formed in 1993. The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum), notes the directive issued by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on 27 March 2020 for a 21-day National Lockdown starting from today (Monday 30 March . The authorities used COVID-19 regulations to justify severe restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Next PETITION TO STOP HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY THE STATE IN ZIMBABWE. 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