Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe

Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe is participating in a Regional Advocacy and Exchange program to meet Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and government officials/ministers from different ministries in Mozambique to discuss Zimbabwean issues and how Mozambican people and government can help in our quest for a democratic and prosperous Zimbabwe. The meetings are going to be organised by CEMO and JOINT which are CSOs working in Mozambique. Having noted that Mozambique is the current SADC Chair of the Organ on Politics and Defence, and SADC being the guarantor of the GPA in Zimbabwe, players within the Mozambican territory can be of paramount importance and can play a strategic role in as far as addressing the current Zimbabwean crises is concerned.

Proposed Dates: 19 – 23 November 2010
Organising Partners:
1. Centre for Mozambician and International Studies (CEMO) – Constancio Nguja, Executive Director
2. JOINT- Liga de ONGs em Mocambique – Simao Tila, Coordinador Executivo 
Meeting city: Maputo
Number of people attending from ROHR: Three
Objectives

• Lobby Mozambician CSOs and government to push the principals in the GNU to fully implement the GPA and to respect fundamental human rights,
• To persuade Mozambicans to help Zimbabwe on Elections monitoring from an international perspective and  if possible peace keepers from the region to be deployed before, during and after elections,
• To mobilise support from Mozambican CSOs to publish and expose human rights abuses in Zimbabwe
• To partner and share experiences on the Peace building and Transitional Justice processes,  and fight for the restoration of Human Rights,
• To strengthen regional advocacy and regional partnerships

Conclusion

It is out of these programmes that Zimbabweans can push other nations in the region and beyond to support the democratic cause and struggle in Zimbabwe. This will also strengthen CSOs work in both countries as well as sharpening advocacy skills, tools and instruments. We also seek to internationalise the struggle at the same time creating a platform to expose abuses and drawing the attention of regional and world communities and leaders.