N AT I O N A L I N Q U I R Y R E P O R T ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION For Human Dignity of payment of hospital bills Department of Social Welfare Provide sociological reports verifying lack of parentage. Lack of resources to implement their mandate of carrying out investigations needed for registration. Not available. Inability to register births and identity cards. National Ministry of Local Government and Public Works (Traditional Leaders Provincial Development Coordinators Verification letters to RG office to support applications for registration. Some RG offices refuse to honour the said letters. Internal Policy. Inability to register births and national identity documents. National Policy and legislative formulation are affected due to lack of evidence. National District Development Coordinators) Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTATS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Coordination of provincial and district development committee meetings involving stakeholders with a role on documentation. Lack of coordination on documentation issues. To produce official statistics (aggregated numerical information relating to demographic, social matters at national, provincial or local levels etc) No national statistics on documentation Facilitates the issuance of all official documents such as ordinary service and diplomatic passports, temporary travel documents, police clearance, birth certificates and IDs for people outside Zimbabwe No presence in all countries (diplomatic missions) Magnitude of the problem of documentation is unknown, therefore affects planning interventions Failure to access documents for those in need 55 55 International, regional and national