A/HRC/22/45
Zimbabwe
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
beginning of
the period
under review
4
Cases transmitted to the
Government during the period
under review: 0
Cases clarified during the period
under review: 0
Cases sent under Cases sent
the urgent action under the
procedure
standard
procedure
Government
0
0
0
Non-governmental
sources
Number of
outstanding cases
at the end of the
year under review
0
4
Number of cases on which the Multiple replies on some cases
Government has replied
Number of cases of possible clarification
by Government (6-month rule)
1
0
Yes
Urgent appeal
Yes
Government response
No
General allegation
Yes (2009)
Government response
No
Prompt intervention letter
N/A
Government response
N/A
Working Group request for a visit
Yes
Invitation extended
No
Urgent appeal
520. On 22 December 2011, the Working Group, jointly with four other special
procedures mechanisms, transmitted to the Government a communication under its urgent
appeal procedure concerning various individuals, including Ms. Jestina Mukoko, a human
rights defender and the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, an organisation whose
mission is to work for sustainable peace through monitoring, documentation, research and
publications, and community peace building interventions. According to the information
received, on 15 November 2011, Ms. Jestina Mukoko was allegedly followed around
greater Harare. Concern was expressed that Ms. Mukoko, who had previously been a victim
of enforced disappearance in December 2008, may have been at risk of enforced
disappearance.
521. No response was received from the Government regarding this urgent appeal during
the reporting period.
Information from the Government
522. The Government transmitted two communications to the Working Group dated 8
March 2012 and 3 October 2012, concerning one outstanding case. The information was
not considered sufficient to lead to the clarification of the case.
Request for a visit
523. On 20 July 2009, the Working Group requested the Government for an invitation to
undertake a visit to Zimbabwe. Reminder letters were sent on 16 August 2010 and 18
August 2011. The Permanent Mission acknowledged receipt on 18 August 2010, and 29
August 2011, informing that the request had been transmitted to the relevant authorities. No
reply has been received during the reporting period
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
524. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted six cases to the
Government; of those, one case has been clarified on the basis of information provided by
the source, one case has been clarified on the basis of information provided by the
Government, and four cases remain outstanding.
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