Zimbabwe

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Overview

A Human Rights Adviser (HRA) is part of the UN Country Team (UNCT) in Zimbabwe.​ Read More

News & Statements

Latest news

15 Aug 2024

Special Procedures

Zimbabwe must release human rights defenders ahead of SADC summit, say experts

02 Aug 2023

Human Rights 75: Activity updates from the ground

24 May 2023

Special Procedures

UN expert urges Zimbabwe to end judicial harassment of education and labour rights defenders

14 Feb 2023

Special Procedures

UN experts urge President of Zimbabwe to reject bill restricting civic space

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Latest statements & messages

17 Nov 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Zimbabwe: Killing of opposition activist

13 Feb 2020

Treaty bodies

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women urges Zimbabwe to close implementation gap, address gender-based violence

27 Sep 2019

Special Procedures

End of Mission Statement of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Mr. Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, on his visit to Zimbabwe (17-27 September 2019)

07 Mar 2018

Multiple Mechanisms

High Commissioner’s global update of human rights concerns

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Featured Stories

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22 May 2020 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Fiona Adolu, prioritizing human rights in Zimbabwe during COVID-19

“While the pandemic is primarily a public health crisis, it has impacted the entire gamut of human rights and if we do not stand together to fight to protect all human rights for everyone now, we will not be able to successfully win the war against the pandemic,” says Fiona Adolu, Human Rights Adviser in Zimbabwe.
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16 July 2014

Protecting the rights of indigenous peoples in Southern Africa

A new manual guides National Human Rights Institutions and indigenous communities in promoting the rights of indigenous peoples.
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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/50/23/Add.3: Follow-up to country visits to Tunisia, Armenia, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association

A/HRC/51/33/Add.2: Visit to Zimbabwe – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights

A/HRC/51/33/Add.3: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights on her visit to Zimbabwe – Comments by the State

A/HRC/44/50/Add.2: Visit to Zimbabwe - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association

A/HRC/44/50/Add.3: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association on his visit to Zimbabwe - Comments by the State

A/HRC/43/44/Add.2: Visit to Zimbabwe - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CERD/C/ZWE/CO/5-11: Concluding observations on the combined fifth to eleventh periodic reports of Zimbabwe

CEDAW/C/ZWE/CO/6: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Zimbabwe

CRC/C/ZWE/CO/2: Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Zimbabwe

CEDAW/C/ZWE/CO/2-5: Concluding observations

CERD/C/304/Add.92: Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

CCPR/C/79/Add.89: Concluding Observations

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures

External Resources

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights African Court of Justice African Union Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

Note: OHCHR is not responsible for the content of external links.

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact in Geneva, Switzerland.

Africa Branch
Tel. +41 22 917 9220

Field

Human Rights Advisor UN Resident Coordinator’s Office (UNRCO)
Block 10 Arundel Office Park- Norfolk Rd
Mt Pleasant Harare Zimbabwe

Photo credit: REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

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