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POLICY AND LEGAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT

Mission Statement

To effectively, professionally and expeditiously execute the mandate of the Department

Functions for the Department

To execute the constitutional and statutory functions of the Ministry in terms of all laws administered by the Minister of justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.
To carry out legal research for the purpose of formulating policy towards the enactment of new legislation or amending existing legislation.
To advise other Ministry Departments in the formulation of policy and the execution of statutory functions.
To raise public awareness of the laws in force and their rights and obligations under the laws.
To Coordinate Parliamentary Liaison Officers from Ministries;
To attend to queries and or complaints pertaining to the administration of justice

The Functions of the Department fall under three main Units namely;

Human Rights:

Execute all human rights related functions of the
Government of Zimbabwe by virtue of administration of the Constitution of Zimbabwe
Hosts the Interministerial Committee on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (IMC)

Intellectual Property:

General Legal : -

Executes statutory functions assigned to the Minister of Justice, Legal and Paliamentary affairs