Legal and Consular Services Directorate

Legal and Consular Services Directorate

    • Recommend and implement policies on international legal matters and facilitate, negotiations international conventions;
    • Represent the Ministry in relevant inter-ministerial Committees;
    • Prepare gazetting notices for Zimbabwe Ambassadors, letters of commission for Consuls General, appointment letters for Honorary Consuls
    • Prepare credentials and full powers for official delegations
    • Provide custody of all international agreements and maintain a treaty register of all agreements that Zimbabwe is party to.
    • Ensure compliance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,
    • Provide consular services to Zimbabwean and foreign nationals at home and abroad.
    • Provide legal advice to the Ministry
    • Address disputes arising from employment contracts of Locally Recruited Staff at Diplomatic Missions accredited to Zimbabwe.