Our hands are tied : erosion of the rule of law in Zimbabwe / Human Rights Watch.

New York, NY : Human Rights Watch, [2008]

©2008

KTZ329 .H86 2008

Zim 710 H88 2008

Zimbabwe, our hands are tied

1564324044
9781564324047

47 pages ; 27 cm

(OCoLC)277732738

Over the last decade, Zimbabwe's ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), has progressively and systematically compromised the independence and impartiality of Zimbabwe's judiciary and public prosecutors, and instilled one-sided partisanship into the police. It has transformed Zimbabwe's police force into an openly partisan and unaccountable arm of ZANU-PF. The power-sharing agreement between ZANU-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), signed on September 15, 2008, provided an opportunity to begin fundamental changes within the judiciary and police. However, in failing to recognize the collapse of respect for fundamental rights and the rule of law in Zimbabwe, the agreement sidesteps the urgent need for reforms. As this report demonstrates, ZANU-PF lacks the necessary commitment to end its improper and unlawful involvement in the justice system, let alone to be entrusted with instituting the necessary reforms.

"November 2008" -- title page verso.

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