Our last few days in Harare were by far the most exciting and the most memorable. We finally got to visit the University of Zimbabwe and meet the people that we had been communicating with by email for over a year!
The day before the book donation ceremony, Haley, Elana and I (Nadia) [...]

The streets of Harare

Our trip to Zimbabwe didn’t quite start off on the right foot. On our way to Harare, Haley and I, in our exhausted state, thought we heard the engines of the plane turning off while the plane was in mid-air and so we had a slight panic attack. This, of course, was [...]

At the end of November, Haley and I (Nadia) are accompanying members of the Rights and Democracy team on a mission to South Africa and Zimbabwe. Over the past year, we have been accumulating and buying text books on human rights and international law to donate to the University of Zimbabwe. This purpose of this [...]

On November 7, 2010, elections are to take place in Burma, but their legitimacy is already being called into question.  According to reports from Human Rights Watch, human rights violations have gotten increasingly worse as the election date approaches.”These elections are about elite military transformation, not democratic transition, and offer [...]

 
You are invited to a panel discussion on human rights in Zimbabwe on Friday, March 19th, 2010. The event will be held from 11:30-1:30 at the Moot Court in McGill’s Faculty of Law (Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Peel Street).
Panelists will represent a wide variety of perspectives.
-          Zuwa Matado, Zimbabwean Law Student
-          Dr. John [...]

The following links provide interesting information and analysis about the situation in Zimbabwe.
 

For a Testimony by Donald Steinberg on the role of the international community in promoting democratic governance and economic recovery in Zimbabwe, please visit the following website: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=6505
 

For a Human Rights Watch assessment of Zimbabwe’s power-sharing government’s delivery of human rights improvements, [...]

EU extends Zimbabwe sanctions for another year: http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-02-16-eu-extends-zimbabwe-sanctions-for-another-year
 
Zimbabwe ‘failing to stop rights abuses’: http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-02-10-zimbabwe-failing-to-stop-rights-abuses
 
MDC wants fresh elections for Zimbabwe: http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-02-09-mdc-wants-fresh-election-for-zimbabwe
 
Private schools sprout in Zim as public system struggles: http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-02-07-private-schools-sprout-in-zim-as-public-system-struggles
 
EU gives Zim $13-million for smallholder farmers: http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-02-11-eu-gives-zim-13million-for-smallholder-farmers
 
Hunger threatens Zimbabwe: http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-02-01-hunger-threatens-zimbabwe
 
HRW: EU must maintain sanctions on Mugabe: http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-01-29-hrw-eu-must-maintain-sanctions-on-mugabe
 
Zanu-PF: No concessions until sanctions lifted: http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-01-28-zanupf-no-concessions-until-sanctions-lifted
 
Zim limps down road [...]

La délégation de McGill organise un évènement régional intitulé « Celebrating Innovations in Human Rights», en collaboration avec les autres délégations à Montréal. L’évènement se tiendra le vendredi 19 mars, 2010, de 11h30 à 13h00.
Pour contribuer à l’organisation de l’évènement, ou pour y assister, veuillez communiquer avec nous à l’adresse suivante: mcgillrdnetwork@gmail.com
On Friday, March 19th, 2010, from 11:30 a.m. -1:00 [...]

On March 26th 2009, the Rights & Democracy Network Delegation at McGill University completed a book drive which succeeded in collecting 46 textbooks for law students at the University of Zimbabwe.  During the summer of 2009, the McGill delegation was awarded a grant of 12,500 USD from the Oak Foundation to continue its work in solidarity with the [...]

The McGill Delegation organized a presentation by Rights & Democracy’s Africa Regional Officer Karim Laz on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe, a film screening, and a book drive to collect law and human rights textbooks for students at the University of Zimbabwe.
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