ABOUT ZPP
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 nonpartisan peace monitoring activities, mainly through monitors who
document the violations of rights in the provinces.
The monitors, who at full complement stand at 420, constitute the
core pool of volunteers, supported by four Regional Coordinators.
The Regional Coordinators relate with the national office headed
by the National Director and programme officers in various units.
In light of the above, ZPP calls for:
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The ZRP to intensify their targeted
efforts to deal with the machete gangs.
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Citizens to continue being alert and
vigilant and quick to report cases of machete
wielding gangs to the police.
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The respect of the Constitution to
foster the democratic principles of separation
of powers and other tenets of democracy.
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The immediate stop to selective
application of the law by the ZRP