a result of grave human rights abuses and some more limited compensation should be paid to other victims. The fund should also be used to establish local development projects in areas particular badly affected by past human rights abuses. All victims must be provided with free and proper health care and social support to deal with the lifetime disability that can arise from violations of their human rights. Future human rights abuses The decades of conflict and human rights abuses have badly weakened the institutions that should provide protection against human rights abuses and provide remedies for those harmed by human rights abuses. A culture of respect for human rights will need to be re-established in Zimbabwe. Existing institutions will need to be strengthened and other institutions established to institutionalise this new culture. The justice delivery system should be re-designed in a way that will allow for accessible remedies for victims of human rights abuse. The law enforcement agencies and prison service will need to be overhauled so that they once again become professional, politically neutral forces that respect the human rights of all Zimbabweans and enforce the law on a fair and impartial basis. Officers who planned and instigated or perpetrated particularly serious human rights abuses should be removed from law enforcement agencies and all law enforcement officers must be made to undergo thorough re-training focused on the protection of human rights. Civic organisations should monitor law enforcement agencies to ensure that they do not commit human rights abuses and, when they do, to assist injured parties to obtain redress. All militias and other irregular para-military forces must be immediately disbanded. There must be rehabilitation programmes to reintegrate members of these forces back into normal society. The independence and impartiality of the judicial system and of the prosecution service has been undermined and public confidence in this system will need to be restored. There must be effective constitutional mechanisms to ensure that judicial appointments are made on the basis of professional competence and suitability and that there is no political interference in the judicial process. The human rights protections contained in the Constitution must be strengthened and made to conform to international standards on human rights. A Constitutional Court should be established to ensure the enforcement of human rights and credible, politically neutral and competent judges should be appointed to this court. A number of Commissions should be established to ensure the observance of human rights and provide accessible means of redress to those harmed by human rights abuse. These should include a Human Rights Commission, a specific Commission on Gender Rights and a Land Commission. 45