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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 ...
Ranger, Terence (ed.) (2003) The Historical Dimensions of Democracy and Human Rights in Zimbabwe Volume Two: Nationalism, Democracy and Human Rights, Harare: University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2003 Roe, Emery (1995) 'More Than the Politics of Decentralization: Local Government Reform, District Development and Public Administration in Zimbabwe ...
The constitution of Zimbabwe had been drawn up as part of the Lancaster House Agreement of 1979 and had served the country for nearly 20 years. There was a widespread feeling in Zimbabwe that it was too heavily influenced by the country's colonial past, and that a new constitution written in the light of the experience of independence was desirable.
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]
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 ...
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 ...
The Commission made a fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe in June 2002, and the Union's findings and recommendations were adopted in January 2005, at its summit in Abuja. "The majority of human rights concerns documented by the fact-finding mission in 2002 remain serious problems today," the NGOs said.