A/HRC/50/9 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, held its fortieth session from 24 January to 11 February 2022. The review of Zimbabwe was held at the 5th meeting, on 26 January 2022. The delegation was headed by the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi Ziyambi. At its 10th meeting, held on 28 January 2022, the Working Group adopted the report on Zimbabwe. 2. On 12 January 2022, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of Zimbabwe: Armenia, Luxembourg and Namibia. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21, the following documents were issued for the review of Zimbabwe: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a);1 (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b); 2 (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c). 3 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Panama, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America was transmitted to Zimbabwe through the troika. These questions are available on the website of the universal periodic review. I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The delegation of Zimbabwe noted that a midterm report and the national report contained information on the progress made in implementing the supported recommendations from the previous review. 6. Several regional and international treaties had been ratified. In 2020, the International Treaties Act, which established a uniform procedure for the consideration of international treaties, had been promulgated. Significant progress had been made in aligning legislation with the Constitution, with the process for 176 of the 206 pieces of legislation identified for such alignment having been completed. 7. The Education Act had been amended to incorporate human rights norms on gender, disability, health and equity for children. The National Disability Policy had been launched and mainstreamed disability-related considerations into all laws, policies and programmes. The Persons with Disabilities Bill was undergoing internal law-making processes. 8. In 2018, invitations had been extended to six special procedure mandate holders, three of whom had visited Zimbabwe. 9. In 2018, Vision 2030, a development trajectory, had been launched with the aim of elevating Zimbabwe to an upper-middle-income country by 2030. In line with Vision 2030, powers and responsibilities had been devolved to competent subnational tiers of government. The National Development Strategy I (2021–2025) had been launched to facilitate economic recovery and growth and to create new opportunities for wealth creation, innovation and enterprise development. 1 2 3 2 A/HRC/WG.6/40/ZWE/1. A/HRC/WG.6/40/ZWE/2. A/HRC/WG.6/40/ZWE/3.