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Zimbabwe
Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)
Last updated: January 12, 2010
| Physical
address |
6th Floor Beverley Court, 100 Nelson Mandela Ave, Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Postal
address |
P.O.
Box CY 1393, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Telephone |
+263-(0)4-251468,
705370, 708118 |
| National
Hotlines |
+263-(0)712-619747,
(0)712-619746, (0)712-635455, (0)912-257247, (0)914-044213/4/5/6 |
| Matabeleland
& Midlands Hotlines |
+263-(0)913-856541,
(0)913-855635 |
| Manicaland
& Masvingo Hotlines |
+263-(0)913-855718 |
| Fax |
+263-(0)4-705641 |
| Email
address |
irene@zlhr.org.zw |
| Web
address |
www.zlhr.org.zw |
| Related
websites |
www.hrforumzim.com |
| Year
established |
1996 |
| Contact |
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Name |
Position |
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Irene
Petras - irene@zlhr.org.zw |
Director
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Andrew
Makoni |
Chairperson |
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Sarudzayi
Njerere |
Deputy
Chairperson |
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Selby
Hwacha |
Chairperson,
Finance and Administration Committee |
Objectives |
- To
strive to protect, promote, deepen and broaden the human
rights provisions in the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
- To
strive for the implementation and protection in Zimbabwe
of international human rights norms as contained in important
international conventions such as but not limited to the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the United
Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination
against Women, the United Nations Convention on the Rights
of the Child, and the African Charter on Human and People's
Rights.
- To
strive for the adoption of a Southern African Human Rights
Charter and the establishment of a Southern African Court
of Human Rights.
- To
endeavour to find common ground with and to work alongside
other Zimbabwean groups, organisations, activists and persons
who share a broadly similar concern for and interest in
human rights.
- To
liaise and work with other human rights groups wherever
situated but particularly in Southern Africa, and especially
those closely linked to the legal profession.
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Mission
Statement
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| The
aims and objectives of ZLHR shall be to foster a culture of
human rights in Zimbabwe and to encourage the growth and strengthening
of human rights at all levels of Zimbabwean society. |
Sectors
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| Democracy/Good
Governance; Human Rights |
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Electronic
activism . . . get involved and use ICTs to advocate, lobby and mobilize.
Powerlessness
and silence go together. We should use our positions not as a shelter from the
world's reality, but as a platform from which to speak. A voice is a gift. It
should be cherished and used.
~ Margaret
Atwood
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