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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 the protection of the law. There are assaults on the media, the political opposition, civil society activists, and human rights ...
A. Abolition of Forced Labour Convention; Abuja Treaty; African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe made a groundbreaking decision in 1995 by ruling that a foreign husband should have identical rights of residence as a foreign wife. [7] As a direct result of this ruling, the Zimbabwean government added the 14th amendment to the constitution, which effectively got rid of all rights to citizenship based on marriage ...
Inquiry into human rights violations in farming communities [33] Human Rights Commission Act, 54 of 1994. Section 9(6) [34] Inquiry into incidence of human rights violations within farming communities and for holding a public inquiry. [34] Jody Kollapen [34] 11 June 2001 [34] Ngoepe Commission [35] Commissions Act, 8 of 1947 Section 1 [36]
International human rights law (IHRL) is the body of international law designed to promote human rights on social, regional, and domestic levels. As a form of international law, international human rights law is primarily made up of treaties, agreements between sovereign states intended to have binding legal effect between the parties that have agreed to them; and customary international law.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights together with other international human rights instruments are sometimes referred to as the "International Bill of Human Rights". International human rights instruments are ...
He joined the Liberation Movement in the youth wing of the Zimbabwe African Peoples’ Union (ZAPU) and left the country for Zambia later in 1963. He was the mayor of Bulawayo, the second largest city in the country, from 2001 to 2008. [3] [4] [5] He was a member of the MDC, and joined MDC-M during the split in that party.
Mike Campbell (Pvt) Ltd et al. v. Republic of Zimbabwe [1] is a case decided by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal (hereinafter "the Tribunal"). The Tribunal held that the Zimbabwean government violated the organisation's treaty by denying access to the courts and engaging in racial discrimination against white farmers whose lands had been confiscated under the land ...