Homeless, landless, and destitute : the plight of Zimbabwe's Tokwe-Mukorsi flood victims.

Homeless, landless, and destitute : the plight of Zimbabwe's Tokwe-Mukorsi flood victims.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mavhinga, Dewa, author.
Imprint:	[New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, [2015]. ©2015
Description:	57 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Floods -- Zimbabwe. Flood damage -- Zimbabwe. Dams -- Zimbabwe. Disaster relief -- Zimbabwe. Human rights -- Zimbabwe. Dams. Disaster relief. Flood damage. Floods. Human rights. Zimbabwe.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10147497
Related Items:	Online version: Homeless, landless, and destitute : the plight of Zimbabwe's Tokwe-Mukorsi flood victims.

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Plight of Zimbabwe's Tokwe-Mukorsi flood victims Zimbabwe, homeless, landless, and destitute
Other authors / contributors:	Human Rights Watch (Organization), issuing body.
ISBN:	9781623132286 1623132282
Notes:	"February 2015"--Table of contents page. "This report was researched and written by Dewa Mavhinga, senior researcher in the Africa Division."--Page 36. "In February 2014, Zimbabwe's immense Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam basin flooded following heavy rains. President Robert Mugabe immediately declared the floods a national disaster and appealed to the international community for US$20 million to help relocate and provide humanitarian assistance to the victims. The Zimbabwe army and the Civil Protection Unit relocated over 20,000 people from the flooded area to Chingwizi camp on Nuanetsi Ranch ... . Six months later, in August 2014, the government shut down the camp and coerced the displaced to accept one-hectare sites (much less than the five-hectare sites initially promised) in another part of the ranch through the use of violence, harassment, and, in some cases, restricting access to water, food, and other essentials. In their new location, the flood victims are even more destitute, unable to build homes or grow crops of their choice due to ongoing disputes about the title of the land. [This report] documents the human rights issues related to the dam project. ... The report also explores the government's misuse of humanitarian aid to coerce flood victims to accept official resettlement plans."--Back cover. Includes bibliographical references.
Other form:	Online version Mavhinga, Dewa. Homeless, landless, and destitute : the plight of Zimbabwe's Tokwe-Mukorsi flood victims. [New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, [2015] 9781623132286

Table of Contents:

List of abbreviations and acronyms
Summary
Map of Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam and Nuanetsi Ranch, Zimbabwe
Recommendations
Methodology
I. Background
II. Human rights problems after the floods
III. United Nations agencies' response
IV. Legal standards
Acknowledgments
Annexes.