ZIMBABWE: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing

Our research indicates that in Zimbabwe, people may lawfully be sentenced to life imprisonment for offences committed while under the age of 18 and males under the age of 18 may be sentenced to corporal punishment.

This report was submitted ahead of the 26th Session of the Universal Periodic Review as part of our campaign against inhuman sentencing of children -defined to include sentences of death, life imprisonment and corporal punishment. 

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