MAY 4.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS Considering the human rights violations that have resulted from the lockdown during the month of May ZPP recommends the following: • The State should desist from violating the rights of citizens, and should always respect the arrest and detention procedures as set out in the law. • Government should effect security sector reforms as recommended by the Motlanthe Commmission • Investigations should be carried out on all cases of human rights abuses and an end to impunity. • Government should provide social protection for all vulnerable citizens during the lock down and all food and other forms of aid are distributed impartially. 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.

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