The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) is a coalition of twenty-one human rights NGOs in Zimbabwe who while having their own objectives, are concerned with the level and nature of organized violence and torture in the country perpetrated mainly, though not exclusively, by state agents and their ancillaries. It came into existence at the time of the Food Riots in 1998.
The vision of the Forum is a society which promotes and protects all human rights of all people.
To provide leadership and coordination on the Human Rights Agenda in Zimbabwe.
On 10 December 2024 which is the Human Rights Day, the USAID’s Industry Liaison team, spotlighted the essential work of organisations advocating for human rights globally. The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum was flagged as one of the six key partners that were celebrated by...
We, the undersigned Zimbabwe Civil Society Organizations and Heads of Civil Society Organizations and Networks, wish to express our grave concern over current efforts at fast tracking the passing of the Private Voluntary Organizations Amendment Bill,2024. The Bill in its current state, is not fully...
State of Human Rights Report 2023 – NGO Forum-lr
Human Rights Report August 2024 (1) https://www.hrforumzim.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Human-Rights-Report-August-2024-1.pdf
JULY 2024 MMR https://www.hrforumzim.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/JULY-2024-MMR.pdf
Zimbabwe has experienced traumatic conflicts during the past six decades. The conflicts have ranged from nationalist resistance in the 1960s and a protracted liberation struggle in the 1970s to a civil war in the western provinces in the 1980s. Most of the conflicts have revolved...
The purpose of this report is to analyze the factual framework relating to the August 2018 and January2019 crackdown on civilians by the State in the context of the legal contours of crimes against humanity.The report discusses and gives an evaluation of whether the two...
In the month of August 2023, we unfortunately saw a continuation of the entrenchment of authoritarianismespecially as the country held elections under conditions that were neither free nor fair. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ( ZEC) remained biased, and to a very large extent, complicit in...
This report provides a contextual analysis of the emerging developments of concern within the period of review. Of importance is that President Emmerson Mnangagwa made the election date proclamation on 31 May 2023 to espouse 23 August as polling day. This was followed by nomination...
POLLING DAY REPORT 2- 1200hrs to 1600hrs (1)
A peace that is no peace! A reflection on the state of peace in the aftermath of the Zimbabwe 2023 Harmonised Elections 21 September 2023 The United Nations International Day of Peace (IDP) is commemorated annually on 21 September. This year, the IDP is commemorated...
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) expresses its outrage following the abduction and torture of Womberaishe Nhende and Sanele Mkhuhlane on Saturday 2 September2023. The Forum also expresses its indignation towards the arrest of human rights lawyers Douglas Coltart and Tapiwa Muchineripi that...
HUMAN RIGHTS ALERT 28 AUGUST DRAFT
HUMAN RIGHTS ALERT (24 to 25 AUGUST 2023) (3)
On 23 and 24 August 2023, Zimbabwe held its second harmonised elections since the infamous 2017 coup which ousted the long-serving former president, Robert Mugabe. Shortly after the coup, expectations for enhanced social protection mechanisms were soon shattered by the extrajudicial killings, torture, sexual assault...
This report captures human rights developments on Election Day (23 August 2023) from 0600hrs to 1000hrs. The emerging issues have been identified by accredited Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) short-term observers deployed in various polling stations. Some of the information contained in this...
This report captures human rights developments on Election Day (23 August 2023) from 1000hrs to 1200hrs. The emerging issues have been identified by accredited Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) short-term observers deployed in various polling stations. Some of the information contained in this...
17 August Election Monitoring Report
16 August Report
Highlights in this report Reports emerge of police officers being forced to vote for ZANU-PF via postal ballot ZRP justify the use of teargas to disperse opposition political party supporters at a rally High Court set to sit and address the urgency of application by...
This edition of the election monitoring report covers the period 5 August 2023 to 13 August 2023. It is the last edition of the Forum’s Weekly 2023 Harmonised Election Monitoring Report. As of 14 August, to 22 August 2023, the weekly report will be replaced...
14 August Monitoring Report
29 July – 4 August 2023 ELECTIONS MONITORING REPORT
The Nexus Between Mining and Violence (1)
22 – 28 July 2023 ELECTIONS MONITORING REPORT
ELECTIONS MONITORING REPORT (15 – 21 JULY 2023)
7 to 14 JULY 2023 Weekly Elections Monitoring Report (1)
1 to 7 JULY 2023 WEEKLY ELECTIONS MONITORING REPORT
https://www.hrforumzim.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/WEEKLY-ELECTION-MONITORING-REPORT-22-30-June-2023-1.pdf
Weekly Monitoring Report (12-21 June 2023)
Forum May 2023 Newsletter
DGHRZ Journal – Towards Elections that Work in Zimbabwe [May 2023]
Political and Human Rights Violations (January – March 2023) First Quarter Report (2) (1)
Short History of OVT Zim v2 (1)
ACHPR Forum Statement (May 2023)
APRIL FORUM NEWSLETTER https://www.hrforumzim.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/APRIL-FORUM-NEWSLETTER.pdf
https://www.hrforumzim.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Model-Law-on-HRDS-SADC-final.pdf
https://www.hrforumzim.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Justice-Delayed-is-Justice-Denied.pdf
https://www.hrforumzim.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Forum-July-to-Dec-2022-Political-and-Human-Rights-Violations-Report-1.pdf
https://www.hrforumzim.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/United-for-Human-Rights-Forum-March-Newsletter.pdf
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT 1 February 2023 POSITION: Finance Manager The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum is a coalition of human rights NGOs in Zimbabwe that advocates for the promotion and protection of human rights. The Forum has an exciting new opening for a Finance and Administration Manager. Reporting...
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum is a coalition of human rights NGOs in Zimbabwe that advocates for the promotion and protection of human rights. The Forum has an exciting new opening for an Internal Audit and Compliance Officer. The Internal Audit and Compliance Officer will...
The year 2016 witnessed a new wave of protesters following citizens’ engagement in social movements such as #Tajamuka/Sesijikile, #ThisFlag among others. As the protests against deteriorating economic conditions gained momentum, State agents increasingly resorted to the use of brute force, torture, abductions and arbitrary arrests...
We, the undersigned civil society organisations based and working in Zimbabwe welcome the peaceful and smooth transition in the presidium currently underway in Zimbabwe. We congratulate the incoming President and all members of his emerging government. It is our hope that this transition will usher...
Zimbabwe continues to face serious challenges on the political, economic and social front. The state of human rights situation remains unchanged and continues to be defined by rights violations. On the political front, there is a real threat of political instability and potential violence as...
Zimbabwe is a country that has been the subject of sustained impunity for gross human rights violations, from the pre-colonial period to present. Acts of gross human rights violations that include extra-judicial killings, murders, torture displacements, enforced starvation, and detentions, amongst other human rights violations...
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) is concerned by the unwarranted clampdown on vendors by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Harare Central Business District that has resulted in the arbitrary arrest and torture of vendors. Arbitrary arrest, torture, and the propensity of...
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) joins today the rest of Africa in commemorating Africa Human Rights Day under the theme “African Year of Human Rights with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women”. Thirty years ago, on 21 October 1986 the African...
The Zimbabwe human rights situation remains unstable, characterised by an escalation of organised violence and torture in a delicate social, political and economic environment. The month of July witnessed a spike in rights violations emanating mainly from police brutality as a result of demonstrations and...
Zimbabwe witnessed social unrest reminiscent of the 1998 food riots between June and September 2016, characterised by a wave of demonstrations, protests, stayaways, and a national shutdown across all major cities and towns. The social unrest emanated from unresolved national grievances over corruption and the...
This bulletin explains the role of the media in a democratic society. Media is the cornerstone of any democracy. The term media is derived from the word medium, meaning mode or carrier. It is intended to reach and address a large target group or audience....
This bulletin provides information on social security. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) defines social security as “…the protection which society provides for its members, through a series of public measures, against the economic and social distress that otherwise would be caused by the stoppage or...
This bulletin explains what corruption is and how it affects the fulfilment of human rights. Corruption is a virus that infects and endangers the existence of individuals, communities and society as a whole. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) defines corruption as “the misuse of...
This bulletin explains the right to education as one of the fundamental human rights. Education is an inalienable, universal and enabling right that enhances the exercise of other fundamental rights. Everyone, regardless of gender, religion, ethnicity or economic status, is entitled to it. ...
This bulletin explains the rights of the elderly, who are people over the age of sixty internationally and seventy in Zimbabwe. Age reduces the elderly’s capacities to demand and invoke their rights. Family members, society and others often violate the rights of elderly people. The...
The period under review saw a decline in levels of politically motivated human rights violations as compared to previous periods. In October 2012 312 incidents of human rights violations were recorded, a decline from the 389 cases witnessed during the month of September1. The...
This report is the product of a great deal of collaborative work involving a consolidation of major reports and statements made throughout 2013 by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (“ZLHR”), VERITAS Trust, Media Monitoring Project for Zimbabwe (“MMPZ”) Zimbabwe Peace Project (“ZPP”), and the...
Internet privacy, and, by extension, the right to privacy have recently come in focus internationally after multiple reports of mass surveillance. These surveillance practices pose a clear threat not only to the enjoyment of the rights to privacy and free expression of millions of Internet...
