The Midlands State University Law Review is a peer-reviewed law publication committed to publishing articles on various legal issues in Zimbabwe, Africa and the rest of the world. The MSU Law Review is published by MSU Faculty of Law and this special issue is published in collaboration with RWI with financial support from the Embassy of Sweden in Zimbabwe.
The five research papers contained herein are the final, peer reviewed papers from the 2023 National Symposium on Business and Human Rights, held at Cresta Lodge, Harare, Zimbabwe, on 25 and 26 October 2023, under the Zimbabwe Human Rights Capacity Development Programme with support from the Embassy of Sweden. The overall objective of the Zimbabwe Programme is: to contribute to enhanced enjoyment of constitutional rights in Zimbabwe, through legislation, policies, practices and decision-making being increasingly informed by international human rights standards and principles.
The national symposium is an annual event under the Zimbabwe Programme. It is organised by RWI together with the academic partner institutions, and is a forum where research funded and conducted during the year is packaged and presented before an audience representing diverse sectors of Zimbabwean society, thereby allowing the presenters and participants to in plenary engage in vibrant discussions around the topics at hand and together deliberate on the way forward with regard to critical human rights reform issues. The feedback and experiences shared during the national symposium also aid and feed into the preparation of final papers for publication and dissemination.