Empowering women should be a continuous process

By Fadzai Lydia Midzi-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Zimbabwean women play a critical role in development and the story of Mutoko women who have managed to organise themselves into “Women Forums” speaks for itself. Motivated by the strong will of providing for their families and making a difference in their community, the women are celebrating six […]

Securing Environmental, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Natural Resources Sector

Jurisprudential basis and historiography of EESCR In the genealogy of human rights discourse, rights are grouped into three broad categories. Firstly, we have first generation rights which are essentially civil and political rights, then second generation rights being Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR, and lastly third generation rights also called group or collective rights […]

Securing Environmental, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Natural Resources Sector

Jurisprudential basis and historiography of EESCR In the genealogy of human rights discourse, rights are grouped into three broad categories. Firstly, we have first generation rights which are essentially civil and political rights, then second generation rights being Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR, and lastly third generation rights also called group or collective rights […]

Press Release – Civil society challenges complacency of the Kimberley Process

4 March  Addressing government and industry representatives in New York on March 3, at the occasion of the adoption of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution on the Role of Diamonds in Fueling Conflict, the Kimberley Process (KP) Civil Society Coalition (CSC) questioned the often-hailed contribution of the KP to preventing conflict and promoting development. […]

Press Release – Civil society challenges complacency of the Kimberley Process

4 March  Addressing government and industry representatives in New York on March 3, at the occasion of the adoption of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution on the Role of Diamonds in Fueling Conflict, the Kimberley Process (KP) Civil Society Coalition (CSC) questioned the often-hailed contribution of the KP to preventing conflict and promoting development. […]

ZELA Press Statement: Sustaining all life on earth

Harare– The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) would like to join the rest of the world in commemorating the World Wildlife Day (WWD). On the 20th of December 2013,the United Nations General Assembly at its 68th session declared March 3 as UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals […]

#WWD2020

World Wildlife Day is an opportunity to celebrate the flora & fauna that surrounds us & to raise awareness of the benefits that conservation provides to people.Check out our animal of the week as we promote Biodiversity conservation. Are you a nature lover? Then post a picture with any species,tell us its name and the […]

ZELA Press Statement: Sustaining all life on earth

Harare– The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) would like to join the rest of the world in commemorating the World Wildlife Day (WWD). On the 20th of December 2013,the United Nations General Assembly at its 68th session declared March 3 as UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals […]