Suspension of Zim sanctions steps up pre-election harassment

The Mugabe government has been found to be in contempt of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal on three occasions [2008, 2009 and 2010], but has done nothing to implement any of the respected regional court's judgments. 

The current Zimbabwe government also remains in contempt of the judgment handed down in Paris in April 2009 by a Tribunal of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) which ruled in favour of 13 Dutch farmers whose land was seized in Zimbabwe in 2003. The farmers were awarded Û8.8 million in compensation. With interest, the figure now stands at Û23 million.