U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has arrived in Zimbabwe on the first mission to the troubled southern African nation by the world rights chief.
Officials said Pillay's weeklong trip is at the invitation of the three-year coalition government formed in 2009 after disputed, violent elections plagued by rights abuses.
Pillay told reporters at the Harare airport that she was in Zimbabwe to assess the human rights situation.
Pillay will meet with President Robert Mugabe, political leaders and rights groups.
Mugabe's justice minister Patrick Chinamasa said he was not concerned by submissions Pillay is expected to receive from rights activists and non-governmental organizations - saying the Zimbabwe government had nothing to hide in terms of human rights issues.
