30 Time for accountability security forces that facilitate excessive use of force, particularly when policing peaceful demonstrations and other assemblies, so as to bring them into full compliance with the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force or Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials. Public officials and employees, in particular those in the security forces, should receive comprehensive and ongoing training in human rights standards and their implementation. Recommendations to the international community Amnesty International urges the international community, in particular African Union leaders, to speak out publicly and strongly and demand that Zimbabwe ends impunity for perpetrators of human rights violations. The international community should publicly support any process for ending impunity in Zimbabwe. Amnesty International AI Index: AFR 46/028/2008

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