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Mashonaland West human rights defenders workshop
Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR)
June 03, 2010
ROHR Zimbabwe
held a one day Human Rights Defenders workshop in Mashonaland West
province in the city of Chinhoyi on Saturday the 29th of May at
Chinhoyi University hotel. It was attended by 40 ROHR delegates
drawn from 8 administrative districts of Mashonaland west. The capacity
building workshop was made possible through the support and facilitation
of human rights law experts from the Zimbabwe
Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR). The team of ZLHR presenters
was made up of Tawanda Zhuwarara, Tineyi Mukewa and Bhamu.
Presentations
were made on the transitional justice mechanism agenda, opportunities
from the Global
Political Agreement on the constitution
making and also on building capacity for human rights defence
mechanism for human rights activist. Presenters pin pointed the
need for the constitution making process to be inclusive ahead of
the consultative outreach meetings in order to produce a credible
democratic constitution.
Participants expressed
disappointment towards the inaccessibility of COPAC's services
as little was known about their whereabouts when in actual fact
they were mandated to provide a critical national service. There
was consensus on the denouncement on the existence of the Organ
on National Healing and Integration headed by politicians from the
three signatories of the GPA. Participant after participant had
no kind words towards the organ for its failure to meet their expectations
towards concrete initiatives in addressing the plight of victims
of political violence, stopping the culture of impunity and bringing
perpetrators of violence to book.
The workshop is part
of ongoing ROHR Zimbabwe series of provincial leadership development
and capacity building trainings around the country's ten provinces
with the next expected to be held in Mashonaland East.
Restoration of Human
Rights Zimbabwe is a grassroots based organization working towards
promoting a culture of human rights through community mobilization,
capacity building and active responses to human rights challenges
in Zimbabwe. As an organization we believe in the incredible power
of the community as a structure unit for people to defend, protect
and champion their fundamental human rights and responding to issues
that affect their daily lives. We works closely with victims of
political violence and non victims and remains dedicated to the
realization of fundamental freedoms for all Zimbabweans.
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