STAKEHOLDERS CONFERENCE on TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE PRINCIPLES IN ZIMBABWE CONFERENCE REPORT AUGUST 2015 victims should be treated with humanity and respect for their dignity and human rights, and appropriate measures should be taken to ensure their safety, physical and psychological well-being and privacy, as well as those of their families. (OHCHR, 2015) Many other actors have, with unrivalled courage, attended to the just needs of women affected by violence at all levels from domestic level to institutional levels. It is in this area that such organisations as Musasa Project, Women of Zimbabwe Arise, Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association, the Women's Coalition and the Women's Trust have been outstanding. The work of defending the rights of sexual minorities has been critical in this journey. In this area, actors like the Sexual Rights Centre, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe as well as Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and Human Rights NGO Forum have been very helpful to affected groups. All these efforts, guided by a deep commitment to the respect for the dignity of the human person, are in harmony with the values in our Constitution as well as rooted in international law. Equally important is the civil education that comes with doing the protective work on the dignity of the human person. This work has helped to expand the human rights dialogue across the social, political and religious divide. It is in this area that organisations like the Zimbabwe Civic Education Trust, Bulawayo Agenda and its partners across the country; the Civic and Education Network Trust, Institute of Peace Leadership and Governance, Radio Dialogue, activists and researchers in the media like Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe, Media Institute for Southern Africa as well as private media actors, have been very active. The role of the church, as the moral voice of the society, has not lagged behind dating back into the colonial era and stretching into the post-colonial era. Through the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference has not shied away from reminding the government of Zimbabwe that 'there can 8