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Consultative meeting between Civic Society and the Government of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum
October 05, 2006

From the 21st to the 23rd of September 2006, the Harare Office of UNDP facilitated a consultative meeting between the Government of Zimbabwe and NGOs under the auspices of NANGO. The objective of the meeting was to discuss the framework for the creation of a Human Rights Commission in Zimbabwe. The meeting discussed and agreed to follow the Paris Principles as the guiding principles or benchmark for the development of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission.

The participants openly and honestly discussed the Government and CSOs perspectives on the historical and prevailing human rights environment in Zimbabwe and the rationale for establishing the proposed National Human Rights Commission. The meeting also deliberated on the context and nature of CSOs and Government relationships with a view to identifying the problem areas and making proposals for the improvement of such relationships in ensuring an environment that is conducive for continued collaboration between Government and CSOs.

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