Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum Special Reports
"IF YOU CAN'T JOIN THEM, BEAT THEM! POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN ZIMBABWE" (May 2008)
"Can the elections in Zimbabwe be free and fair in the current environment?" (March 2008)
"Revisiting The Commonwealth and Zimbabwe : What is to be done? An Assessment of Zimbabwe Performance since its withdrawal from the Commonwealth and suggestions for Re-engagement by the Commonwealth" (November 2007)
"At Best A Falsehood, At Worst A Lie. Comments on the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Reports 'OPPOSITION FORCES IN ZIMBABWE : A TRAIL OF VIOLENCE'" (August 2007)
"Adding insult to injury. A Preliminary Report on Human Rights Violations on Commercial Farms, 2000 to 2005." (June 2007)
Their words condemn them: The language of violence, intolerance and despotism in Zimbabwe (May 2007)
Zimbabwean Civil Society Organisations' Shadow Report Presented at the 41st Session of the ACHPR
Shadow Report Annexures (May 2007)
Shadow Report Summarised Version (May 2007)
Shadow Report Without Annexures (May 2007)
"Who guards the guards?" Violations by Law Enforcement Agencies in Zimbabwe, 2000-2006 (December 2006)
Zimbabwe's Failure To Meet The Benchmarks In The Cotonou Agreement (December 2006)
"A Woman's Place is in the Home?" Gender Based Violence and Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe (December 2006)
Political repression disguised as Civic Mindedness: Operation Murambatsvina one year later (November 2006)
An analysis of Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum legal cases 1998 - 2006 (June 2006)
Exploring transitional justice options in contemporary Zimbabwe (January 2006)
Zimbabwe Facts and Fictions: An Audit of the Recommendations of the Fact-Finding Mission of the ACHPR (November 2005)
The Aftermath of a Disastrous Venture: A Follow-up report on "Operation Murambatsvina" (September 2005)
Order out of Chaos, or Chaos out of Order? A Preliminary Report on Operation "Murambatsvina" (June 2005)

Human Rights Research Unit
Special Reports
Human Rights and Zimbabwe's Presidential Election: March 2002 (May 2002)
  • Introduction
  • Rights of Information and Expression: The Media in the Presidential Election
  • Rights of Association and Assembly: The Public  Order and Security Act
  • Undermining Political Rights: Altering the Politico-Legal Playing Field
  • Presidential, Mayoral and Municipal Elections in Harare and Chitungwiza
  • Undermining Political Rights: Electoral Institutions and Preparations
  • Campaign Realities
  • Polling and the Assessment of the Results
  • Political Violations of Civil, Social and Economic Rights
  • Assessments and Post-Election Scenarios
  • Appendix: List of deaths
  • References
  • Abbreviations
Human Rights and Zimbabwe's June 2000 Election (January 2001)- 814KB (download only)
  • The constitutional background
  • The draft constitution
  • The Referendum result and aftermath
  • The rule of law: the Electoral Act and its manipulation
  • Violations of political rights before and during the election
  • Political violations after the elections
  • Human rights violations during the electoral violence: analysis and conclusions
  • Appendices
Gender and Constitutional Issues (March 2001) - 161KB (download only)
  • Introduction
  • Historical background: women's rights in Zimbabwe
  • The current constitutional position
  • The 1999 proposed constitutional changes
  • Gender discrimination
  • The Women's Charter
  • Future possibilities
Enforcing the Rule of Law in Zimbabwe (September 2001) - 351KB (download only)
  • What is 'the rule of law'?
  • Enforcing the rule of law: Parliament
  • Enforcing the rule of law: the Executive
  • Enforcing the rule of law: the Judiciary
  • Enforcing the rule of law: non-State actors
  • Conclusions
  • Appendices

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