{"id":5929,"date":"2024-01-30T10:13:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T10:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loomba.map.studio?p=5929"},"modified":"2025-03-15T17:30:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T17:30:44","slug":"readmit-zimbabwe-to-commonwealth-lord-loomba-urges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loomba.map.studio\/?p=5929","title":{"rendered":"Readmit Zimbabwe to Commonwealth, Lord Loomba urges"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5929\" class=\"elementor elementor-5929\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8feae44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8feae44\" data-element_type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3c43f9 ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"c3c43f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6029890 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6029890\" data-element_type=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52b2ec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"52b2ec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/loomba.map.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Origin-2-1024x626.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3389\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba676b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba676b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">It would be better to work with&nbsp;Zimbabwe within the Commonwealth to address its continuing failings in&nbsp;democracy and human rights than to ostracise the country, crossbench Peer Lord<br>Loomba told the House of Lords in a Grand Committee debate today [12 January&nbsp;2023].<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Noting that humanitarian&nbsp;organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have&nbsp;reported continuing human rights violations since President Mugabe left office<br>a little over five years ago, the philanthropic peer nevertheless felt there is&nbsp;a significant difference since 2003, when Zimbabwe walked out of the&nbsp;Commonwealth. Agreeing that human rights violations cannot be swept under the carpet,&nbsp;he felt the question is whether exclusion from the Commonwealth is useful in&nbsp;achieving improvements \u2013 \u201cand I, my Lords,\u201d he said, \u201cam firmly of the opinion&nbsp;that it is not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">\u201cFor the Commonwealth to foster&nbsp;improvements in democracy and human rights, its members must be willing to work&nbsp;together towards that goal. The reason Zimbabwe walked away in 2003 is that it&nbsp;had no intention of doing so, and there was no prospect of a process that could&nbsp;see the suspension lifted. For all the questions that hang over Zimbabwe\u2019s&nbsp;current record, I do not believe that to be the case now,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Since 1995, five countries have&nbsp;faced periods of suspension for failing to uphold the values set out in the&nbsp;Singapore and Harare Declarations \u2013 including Zimbabwe, which withdrew&nbsp;altogether in 2003 when its suspension was extended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">The Commonwealth, Lord Loomba&nbsp;pointed out, is founded on what for most members is a painful past, and turns&nbsp;it into a force for good. Understanding wrongful behaviour \u2013 both intended and&nbsp;unconscious \u2013 creates the opportunity to put it right. That applies to all of<br>us. For the Commonwealth to foster improvements in democracy and human rights,&nbsp;its members must be willing to work together towards that goal. The reason&nbsp;Zimbabwe walked away in 2003 is that it had no intention of doing so, and there&nbsp;was no prospect of a process that could see the suspension lifted. For all the&nbsp; questions that hang over Zimbabwe\u2019s current record, I do not believe that to be&nbsp;the case now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Lord Loomba reminded the House of Lords&nbsp;that \u201cin 2021, the British government expressed concerns about democracy in&nbsp;Bangladesh, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda and Tanzania.\u201d In almost two thirds of&nbsp;Commonwealth countries, he pointed out, homosexuality is illegal \u2013 mostly based&nbsp;on laws inherited from Britain. 26 member countries have blasphemy laws, while<br>16 million people across the Commonwealth are estimated to be trapped in modern<br>slavery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">On the positive side of the ledger,&nbsp;he said, \u201cZimbabwe last year passed a law giving equal inheritance rights to&nbsp; women in common law marriages.\u201d This development benefits widows, whose cause is espoused by Lord Loomba\u2019s charity, The Loomba Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">\u201cIf Zimbabwe \u2013 a country with as&nbsp;much claim as any to have suffered from its colonial past \u2013 wishes to be readmitted&nbsp;to the Commonwealth on the basis of its values and its charter,\u201d Lord Loomba&nbsp;concluded, \u201cwe should welcome that as a positive step and work with Zimbabwe as<br>we do with other members to achieve progress.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">For more information please contact<br><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Safdar Shah<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Executive Assistant to Lord Loomba<br><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">E: safdar@loomba.map.studio<br><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">M: 07946 581435<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c58e644 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c58e644\" data-element_type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8222aaa ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"8222aaa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b46485 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b46485\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Information<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><b> for editors<\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Lord Raj Loomba CBE is a Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords and Chairman Trustee of The Loomba Foundation, a UN-accredited specialist NGO established to alleviate the plight of widows and their dependents worldwide and to eradicate discrimination and injustice against widows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">The Loomba Foundation was established in 1997. In 2005 Lord Loomba proposed International Widows Day as a global day of action to eradicate injustice and discrimination against widows. In December 2010, after a five-year campaign, the proposal was adopted unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly and since then International Widows Day has focused worldwide attention on the cause each year on 23 June. In 2016 The Loomba Foundation published the World Widows Report \u2013 the first comprehensive global study with country by country information about the plight of widows, one of the most marginalised and unfairly disadvantaged groups of humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Lord Loomba is Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development and a Vice-President of Barnardo\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\"><b>To 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