ZimRights News

GENEVA (10 June 2020) – UN human rights experts* today called on Zimbabwe to immediately end a reported pattern of disappearances and torture that appear aimed at suppressing protests and dissent. The urgent call comes after three female opposition activists – member of parliament Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova – were stopped at […]

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening. First of all, I’d like to thank all donors who stepped up yesterday to fully fund GAVI for its next five-year cycle. This is a vital investment in saving millions of lives from vaccine-preventable diseases. WHO looks forward to working with GAVI to realise the power of vaccines […]

GENEVA (20 May 2020) – Human rights chiefs from the United Nations and the African Commission today warned that tens of millions may become destitute in Africa as a result of COVID-19 and its economic impact with catastrophic human rights consequences. Michelle Bachelet, the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Solomon Dersso, Chairperson of […]

UN Calls for Protection of the Rights of Elderly Persons In the face of the unprecedented spread of COVID-19, we strongly support the appeal by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres for countries to promote responses to the pandemic based on the respect of the rights and dignity of older people as well as global […]

As part of its ongoing fight against COVID-19, ZimRights donated Personal Protective Equipment to Midlands Province’s Chirumanzi district on the 6th of May 2020. The district has just seen the establishment of a new quarantine centre at Mvuma Government Primary School which will complement Mvuma District General Hospital, Hama and Lalapanzi clinics. ZimRights, represented by […]

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), this week took its humanitarian response to Covid 19 to Gokwe South, Redcliff and Karoi. As part of the response, ZimRights handed over sanitizers and hygiene soaps. In Gokwe South the organisation handed over 400 bottles of hand sanitisers and 400 units of soaps while in Redcliff 360 bottles […]

Today we release one of our publications titled ‘Guide to Understanding Devolution.’ The guide unpacks devolution principles as well as the ZimRights perspectives on devolution. The Guide is designed to capacitated members of the public on key issues on devolution and how they can meaningfully engage and participate in the developing discussion on this important […]

On the Global stage, last week, the United Nations Secretary General release an important document, a policy brief titled: We are all in this together. In this brief, the Secretary General states that human rights are key in shaping the pandemic response, both for the public health emergency and the broader impact on people’s lives […]