found guilty11. This spirit guides and informs a whole host of traditional justice institutions and mechanisms that have been practiced in Zimbabwe for centuries to deal with community problems, crime, social maladies, natural calamities and other social problems. It is the two organizations’ belief that with a view to finding lasting solutions to Zimbabwe’s justice challenges it is necessary to adopt some traditional justice measures. This is because of a whole list of reasons which might incapacitate the state from carrying out full-fledged prosecutions or even robust truth seeking mechanisms such as lack of resources, weak judicial systems and a sheer overload from too many victims and perpetrators on the justice system. 4. GUARANTEES TO RIGHT TO A REMEDY PROTECTED IN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC LAW AND TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS IN ZIMBABWE Victims whether in a rural or modern setting have a clearly established right to remedy and reparation for serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law12. 4(i) Remedy encompasses the right to:  equal and effective access to justice;  adequate, effective and prompt reparation for harm suffered;  Access to relevant information concerning violations and reparation mechanisms; and access to fair and impartial proceedings. 4(ii) Reparation is a part of remedy. Reparation has five components: (1) restitution (seeking insofar as possible to restore victims to their original state prior to the violations, including land 11Samkange S, Samkange TM 1979. Hunhuism or Ubuntuism: A Zimbabwe Indigenous Political Philosophy. Salisbury: Graham Publishing. 12 See The Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparations for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violators of International HumanitarianLaw th (adopted 16 December 2005 UNGA 60 Session, Resolution 147 (A/Res/60/147) 5

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