Thus, it is crucial that there are serious protections and safeguards for women in times of political disturbance: it was for this very reason that the international community developed the Right to Protect [R2P] in 2004 and was endorsed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in September 200560. Whilst there remains considerable dispute about when R2P can be evoked, it is also the case that women will continue to suffer until there is acceptance that women and their children must be foremost in the minds of those monitoring complex emergencies such as Zimbabwe. And of all the evils that can be inflicted upon women and their families, politically motivated rape must be the worst short of death. Thus, it seems important that the recommendations of the RAU/ZADHR study should be repeated:      60 A multi-sectoral investigation into politically motivated rape, led by the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, together with the Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs, should be undertaken on a large scale countrywide; There should be no impunity for perpetrators of violence. Cases of rape should be investigated and prosecuted in keeping with the law; The government of Zimbabwe should ensure that survivors of sexual violence are consulted in any programme of assistance, taking into account that the survivors do not live in a vacuum. Their families should be part of the healing process, including the men as well as the children; The government of Zimbabwe should domesticate and implement all signed regional and international instruments that protect women from violence; In light of the fact that elections are likely to be held in 2011, the government of Zimbabwe should ensure that women are protected from politically motivated rape, before, during, and after the election period. See Sibanda. M , Prevention in the Concept of the Responsibility to Protect, in RAU (2010), Sexual Violence against Women, Justice, and the Right to Protection. Report produced by the Women‟s Programme of the Research and Advocacy Unit. December 2010. HARARE:RESEARCH & ADVOCACY UNIT. See also RAU (2007), The responsibility to protect. HARARE: RESEARCH & ADVOCACY UNIT.