Transitional Justice
Recent Submissions
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FULL VIDEO: International Day of Truth Commemorations & Cinema of Truth - 28 March 2019
(The National Transitional Justice Working Group, 2019-03-28)International day of Truth-Panel Discussion -
Know your Rights Brochure: ENTRY,SEARCH AND SEIZURE
(LRF, 2019-12-30)Your rights to privacy and protection to your property. · What special powers the police and some other government officers have regarding entering your home, searching your home and seizing property. · What you can ... -
Know your Rights Brochure: CITIZENSHIP IN ZIMBABWE
(LRF, 2019-12-30)The pamphlet explains what citizenship is, the benefits of being a citizen, and the disadvantages of lack of it. It also outlines how one can acquire Zimbabwean citizenship, by birth, descent and registration. It should ... -
Know your Rights Brochure: BAIL
(LRF, 2019-12-30)This pamphlet is for people who have been arrested, their relatives and general public, so that they can understand better how the police and courts function when someone is arrested. The pamphlet is on bail, that is ... -
Know your Rights Brochure: ARREST
(LRF, 2019-12-30)The purpose of this pamphlet is to let everyone know: • What the powers of the police are concerning arrest and; • What the rights of the public are so that the people’s rights will not be taken away by the police. -
Victims wait for justice two years after killings
(Newsday, 2020-08-02)TWO years after soldiers shot dead six people in central Harare as the security forces tried to quell protests by the Nelson Chamisaled MDC-Alliance, the victims are yet to get justice. -
NPRC WATCH:The NPRC and the need for an inclusive process to develop a legal framework for Exhumations
(The National Transitional Justice Working Group, 2019-12-11)This statement relates to a number of emerging Transitional Justice questions relating to the ongoing transitional Justice processes. -
NPRC WATCH:Safeguarding the Ethos of Truth-telling and Truth-seeking in Zimbabwe Press Statement on the International Day for the Right to Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and the Dignity of Victims, 2020
(The National Transitional Justice Working Group, 2020-03-24)On 24 March 2020, the National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) joined the world in commemorating this important day. The vision and mission of the NTJWG is to enable communities in Zimbabwe that have been ... -
STATEMENT ON COMMEMORATING THE UNITED NATIONS DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: Standing in Solidarity with Victims and Survivors of Abductions
(The National Transitional Justice Working Group, 2020-08-30)Today, 30 August 2020, the National transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) joins the rest of the world in commemorating the United Nations Day in Support of Victims of Enforced Disappearances. This annual commemoration ... -
NTJWG Statement:BUILDING A CULTURE OF TOLERANCE FOR PEACE IN ZIMBABWE PRESS STATEMENT 24 AUGUST 2020
(The National Transitional Justice Working Group, 2020-08-24)The National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) notes with concern a growing trend in the use of hate speech and the prevalence of intolerance in response to criticism and dissent in Zimbabwe. Of particular concern ... -
NTJWG Newsletter: December 2019 ISSUE 12
(The National Transitional Justice Working Group, 2019-12-15)In this newsletter, we package the highlights of the year 2019 for you using the lens of transitional justice. We cover the activities of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC), the National Transitional ... -
NTJWG Newsletter: March 2020
(The National Transitional Justice Working Group, 2020-04-01)The month of March has been quite harrowing for our country and the world as a whole. We are facing a global public health crisis of unprecedented proportions caused by the emergence of the novel coronavirus which causes ... -
NTJWG Newsletter: January 2020 ISSUE 01
(The National Transitional Justice Working Group, 2020-02-01)There have been some exciting international developments in the United Nations with the Security Council taking a direct look at transitional justice for the first time. On the other hand, Nepal seems to be retrogressing ... -
NTJWG Newsletter: February 2020 ISSUE 02
(The National Transitional Justice Working Group, 2020-03-01)In this newsletter, we detail the developments in our country around transitional justice issues to give you a better view of the transitional justice landscape in Zimbabwe today. -
NPRC WATCH: Edition 9:July-December 2019
(The National Transitional Justice Working Group, 2020-05-30)The National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) is pleased to issue the 9th Edition of the NPRC Watch. Zimbabwe has continued to suffer serious challenges economically, politically and socially and these cannot ... -
NPRC Briefing: Ensure Independent, Competent and well-Resourced Secretariat for the NPRC
(The National Transitional Justice Working Group, 2020-08-30)Section 234 of the Constitution gives the NPRC power to hire and fire their own secretariat. This means that the Commission must develop a recruitment policy, needs assessment and job descriptions; and, advertise and hire ... -
NTJWG Newsletter:April and May Consolidated newsletter
(The National Transitional Justice Working Group, 2020-06-01)This newsletter will be a consolidation of the April and May newsletters and will detail developments that occurred in the transitional justice sphere in the past two months. This newsletter comes at a time when the world ... -
SUMMARY OF THE 10TH EDITION OF THE NPRC WATCH REPORT
(The National Transitional Justice Working Group, 2020-04-01)The National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) is pleased to issue a summary of the 10th Edition of the NPRC Watch Report. In this summary the NTJWG gives you a brief look at the issues discussed in the 10th ... -
NPRC WATCH:A CALL FOR LEADERSHIP IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 IN ZIMBABWE
(The National Transitional Justice Working Group, 2020-04-01)Welcome to the 10th Edition of the NPRC Watch Report presented to you in the first quarter of 2020. This edition covers transitional justice, peace and reconciliation issues that have occurred in Zimbabwe and a few ... -
NATIONAL PEACE AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT 2019
(Veritas Zimbabwe, 2020-09-30)The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is structured along thematic areas which inform the programs undertaken in 2019. These are Research and Knowledge Management; Complaints Handling and Investigations; ...