Government is finally looking into coming up with a position on death penalty and will soon embark on a countrywide consultations to seek public opinion on the matter. While the death penalty is still legal, the country has not carried out executions since 2015 and there
The Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has backed down from its abrasive stance with regards to the High Court ruling that nullified the extension of the term of office of the Chief Justice Luke Malaba. Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi had earlier accused the country's judiciary
Government has approved general amnesty of prisoners in order to de-congest the crowded prisons. This was revealed during the post cabinet press briefing by Information, Publicity and broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa. “Cabinet considered and approved the proposal to have a General Amnesty as presented by the
THE Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network (ZCLDN) has applauded the recent announcement made by the Government that it wants to repeal a legal provision that criminalizes willful transmission of HIV/AIDS to a partner in line with global trends and standards. Speaking in parliament during the
We call upon the law to criminalize this issue of child marriages, marrying a child below the age of 18 should be a crime that actually gets one arrested, these are things that we need attended to
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has called upon the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to respect and uphold the constitution following a move by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to block concerned citizens from marching in Harare’s Central Business District to demand electoral reforms was illegal and
The Inter-Ministerial Task Force (IMT) on the alignment of laws to the constitution has revised marriage laws in order to curb child marriages which have been on the rise in Zimbabwe. According to Tapiwa Chiwenga, the Deputy Director, Policy and Research in the Ministry of Justice,
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