141.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure 12 years of free primary and secondary education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Respect the right to freedom of expression and assembly and cease the arbitrary arrest and prosecution of journalists, human rights defenders, trade unionists, student activists, opposition candidates and others
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.38
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Private Voluntary Organisations Act after sector-wide consultations to ensure the right to freedom of association and establish an independent regulator that is effective and representative of the private voluntary organizations operating in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.29
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an independent complaints mechanism to investigate and hold accountable members of the security forces who allegedly engaged in violations and abuses
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect and strengthen civic space in law and practice, including by rescinding the planned amendments to the Private Voluntary Organisations Act and the proposed enactment of the “patriotic bill”
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act of 2019 in consultation with civil society, recognize the legitimacy of peaceful spontaneous assemblies and demonstrations and develop law enforcement protocols on the management of assemblies that are compatible with international human rights norms and standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary measures to guarantee the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and ensure that the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act is in line with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act to allow for the full enjoyment of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee an environment conducive to respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular by adopting legislation to protect human rights defenders and by fighting against impunity for perpetrators of human rights violations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Align the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act with the Constitution and international human rights treaties, upholding the rights to freedom of expression and of assembly and association for civil society, human rights defenders, journalists and religious communities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Freedom of Information Act and the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act to remove any provision that unduly restrict freedoms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take swift actions to end impunity for human rights violations, including by following up on the recommendations made by the Motlanthe commission on the issue of individual responsibility
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an independent complaints system – as provided for in the Constitution – to receive and investigate public complaints against the security services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End impunity for human rights violations and follow up the recommendations made by the Motlanthe commission on the issue of individual responsibility
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.21
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the recommendations from local, regional and international independent observer missions to the 2018 elections in order to promote peaceful, free, fair and credible elections in 2023
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.26
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate cases of the disproportionate use of violence by the police and hold perpetrators to account
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that allegations of human rights abuses are promptly and transparently investigated and that perpetrators are held to account
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.23
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take concrete measures to facilitate the search for an inclusive process that ensures justice, truth, guarantees of non-repetition and reconciliation for the whole population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.24
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the recommendations in the 2018 election observers’ reports
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal all legal provisions that discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, particularly the criminalization of consensual sexual relations between adults of the same sex
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.17
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Address overcrowding and poor material conditions in places of detention and separate juveniles from adults
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.20
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the Zimbabwean courts are impartial, allowing those appearing before them to have their constitutional rights to a fair trial and legal counsel of their choosing respected
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.19
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Respect and guarantee the separation of powers to ensure judicial independence and impartial decision-making and also respect and guarantee independent and transparent processes for the appointment, dismissal and extension of tenure for judges
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.13
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal all laws and policies discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and amend laws to ensure that their rights and freedoms are safeguarded
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.18
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop a far-reaching reform of the judicial system and effectively guarantee the independence of the judiciary
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.16
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eradicate harmful practices such as female genital mutilation, child marriage and polygamy
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.15
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enforce security and due process laws adopted under the 2013 Constitution that prohibit arbitrary arrests and prolonged detentions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify and fully align its national legislation with all the obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.12
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make progress regarding the necessary legislative measures to ensure the protection of the human rights of LGBTIQ+ people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to make progress on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.11
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reaffirm its commitment to the principles of equality and non- discrimination, including by swiftly decriminalizing consensual sexual relations between same-sex adults
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.8
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize consensual adult same-sex relations and combat all forms of discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.10
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize relationships between consenting adults of the same sex and take the necessary measures to prevent and combat discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex by repealing section 73 of the Criminal Code and the Reform Act, 2006
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt the necessary measures to eliminate intersectional forms of discrimination against women and girls with disabilities, against lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and against intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eliminate any discriminatory measure against women, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex population and people with disabilities, and ensure and improve access to justice for these groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt legislation to ensure that the right to vote is extended to all citizens, including those imprisoned and in the diaspora, and implement recommendations from observer missions to the 2018 harmonized elections, including the Motlanthe commission of inquiry
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Grant unhindered access to the country to all special procedure mandate holders who request a visit, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Extend an open invitation to special procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.94
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider amending the provisions of the Marriage Act that permit child marriage, in line with the decision of the Constitutional Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.97
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to adopt measures to facilitate the registration of all births and increase the rate of issuance of birth certificates
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.96
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish birth registration centres at every district hospital in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.93
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop a government plan for eliminating child marriage and amend provisions of the Marriage Act that permit child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend all ancillary laws that may have a direct relationship with the provisions prohibiting child marriage in order to ensure consistency and harmony in the legal framework
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.83
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that any amendments to the Private Voluntary Organisations Act allow civil society to operate independently
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.91
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Broaden the definition of perpetrators of domestic violence in the Domestic Violence Act to include those not necessarily related to the victim or not living in the same household as the victim and engage in dialogue with the communities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.90
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to address violence against women, children and all persons on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.85
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enable free, fair and transparent elections in 2023 and in the future by undertaking substantive and concrete political and electoral reforms, including the implementation of the recommendations issued in the report of the European Union election observation mission to Zimbabwe in 2018
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen its efforts to enhance access to prevention and early detection programmes for women and girls at risk
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.84
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend existing laws that govern civil society organizations, including the Private Voluntary Organisations Act, to ensure the protection of civic space and of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.88
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to ensure 12 years of free primary and secondary school education for both girls and boys, as recommended by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.86
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee to persons under 18 years of age the right to sexual and reproductive health information, education and services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.80
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to ensure that journalists and human rights defenders can carry out their work in an enabling environment, without fear of being victims of acts of intimidation or reprisal
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.82
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect civil society actors, including human rights organizations, against any harassment or persecution and improve the legal framework so that it encourages and facilitates the operation of non-governmental organizations, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.81
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary steps to ensure that civil society actors and human rights defenders can operate freely without fear of intimidation or reprisal
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect intersex minors from non-consensual surgeries and violations of bodily integrity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.79
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt the necessary measures to guarantee the protection of journalists and human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.75
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the recommendations of the Motlanthe commission on post-election 2018 violence, to provide redress to victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.77
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that any lockdown measures and restrictions are proportionate, necessary and time-limited, without intimidation of citizens and media personnel
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
140.78
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that civil society, journalists and human rights defenders can freely speak and file complaints without fear of harassment, intimidation or reprisal from the authorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024