Zim must improve justice accessibility: EU

The European Union (EU) has challenged Zimbabwe to step up efforts to remove barriers in accessing justice for everyone regardless social status.

Speaking at the launch of the Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU)’s legal aid clinic in Bindura on Thursday, EU ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen said the government should simplify legal information, court processes and tackle corruption so that it becomes a just system accessible to everyone.

“On the demand side, the EU is supporting different strategies that are aimed at providing access to justice for those in need, for example, a project with the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) to enable quality legal representation for indigent people facing capital offences, support the Justice ministry’s Legal Aid Directorate, which provides assistance in both civil and criminal cases to those in need, support to law-based civil society organisations who provide legal services to various groups of people such as women and children,” he said.

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