As leading human rights and legal aid organizations, we urge the government of Zimbabwe to desist from targeting and negatively profiling civil society organizations, which provide invaluable services to the people of Zimbabwe and play a vital role in ensuring good governance in the country. All persons have a right to freedom of association, and […]
Today, the ICJ, Media Institute for Southern Africa- Zimbabwe Chapter, and veritas called, before the UN Human Rights Council, on Zimbabwe to respect human rights and the rule of law to adhere to its UPR commitments. (more…)
Today the International Commission Jurists called on the Zimbabwean authorities to allow for detained Member of Parliament, Joana Mamombe to be returned to hospital in order to for her to receive essential medical care. (more…)
Women human rights defenders are at a heightened risk of sexual or gender-based violence as a result of the nature of their work in defence of human rights, the ICJ said in a new report published today. (more…)
In a letter of 17 February, the ICJ and ZimRights called on the Chairperson of the African’s Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to address Zimbabwe’s failure to meet its obligations to protect the rights of life and health of its population in respect of its COVID-19 […]
The ICJ today condemned the arbitrary arrests in recent days of prominent Zimbabwean human rights defenders Hopewell Chin’ono, Fadzayi Mahere and Job Sikhala, who have been critical of the government led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. (more…)
