Zimbabwe in Lockdown:
COVID-19 & Human Rights
from a community perspective
4.0 Conclusion and Recommendations
In light of the human rights violations that have resulted from the lockdown during the month of
April, ZPP recommends the following:
• State Security forces should conduct themselves in a professional manner and discharge
their mandate in accordance with the Constitution and abide by the High Court order.
• Government should provide adequate social protection to all vulnerable citizens and this
should be done within the principles of transparency and accountability so that all deserving
citizens get what is due to them.
• Government and local authorities should provide service in the form of clean and potable
water to all communities.
• Government should do more to inform all citizens of all the developments in its quest to
combat COVID19. It is only through adequate information and awareness raising that
communities can be part of the fight against COVID19
• Government should establish more testing and containment centres for COVID19. This will
eliminate unnecessary deaths and transmissions as people have to travel to major cities
where there are COVID19 health centres.
ABOUT THE ZIMBABWE PEACE PROJECT
The organisation was founded in 2000 by church-based and human rights organisations.
The current members of ZPP are Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ), Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), Catholic Commission
for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe (CCJPZ), Counselling Services Unit (CSU), Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), Civic
Education Network Trust (CIVNET), Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ), National Association for the Care of the Handicapped
(NASCOH) and Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA).
ZPP was established with the objective of monitoring, documenting and building peace and promoting the peaceful resolution of disputes
and conflicts. The Zimbabwe Peace Project seeks to foster dialogue and political tolerance through non-partisan peace monitoring activities,
mainly through monitors who document the violations of rights in the provinces.