Protecting, Promoting and Enforcing Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom 12. Recommendations The ZHRC makes the following recommendations; 52 12.1. That Treasury adequately disburses funds to the ZHRC to effectively promote, protect and enforce human rights in Zimbabwe. 12.2. That Treasury provides concurrence for the ZHRC to recruit new staff and replace resigning staff so as to be able to effectively carry out its mandate. Considering that ZHRC inherited files from the defunct Public Protector office, there is need to allow ZHRC to recruit more staff especially for the ZHRC's administrative justice role. There is need to fund additional manpower and the retention of staff in office. 12.3. That the Government of Zimbabwe, takes all necessary measures to ensure that fundamental human rights and freedoms, enshrined in the Constitution, are fully respected and implemented. 12.4. The Ministry of Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Parliament of Zimbabwe and respective line Ministries promptly align legislation to the Constitution, taking into account the Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms in the Declaration of Rights, so as to enhance the enjoyment of human rights by all the people of Zimbabwe. 12.5. Government to ratify and domesticate the Convention Against Torture (CAT), which protects human beings from being subjected to torture. This recommendation is given in light of the cases relating to torture that the Commission continues to receive in Zimbabwe. 12.6. The Ministry of Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Treasury and ZPCS take all necessary measures to ensure that prisons and places where mentally challenged or intellectually handicapped persons are kept are adequately resourced, in terms of human and financial resources. This comes after the monitoring visits which have shown that most prisons are understaffed and under-resourced. Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2015