13 there are many who believe that this should be preceded by an accountability process17. Here it must be borne in mind that we are talking mainly about young people who can be made subject to the criminal law and not child soldiers, and we are having to take into account the views of victims who do not easily accept that perpetrators should get special treatment. In country with over 80% unemployment, there will be many who will resent and resist the use of public funds for the rehabilitation of their tormentors. Obviously, this paper can only raise more questions than it can answer, and it will not be a simple task to overcome the legacy of the past 4 years. However, it is clear that, despite the warming exhortations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and all the attempts to keep children and the young out of war, governments find ways to subvert this. Zimbabwe is yet another example of the ways in which the vulnerable are exploited, and it can be seen has found a new way to subvert the demands of international law. As can be seen they have found a way to marry informal repression and the youth, even children sometimes. But there is hope when it is seen that the young themselves repudiate their exploitation and have dreams of a better society. As it was in South Africa, so perhaps it shall be in Zimbabwe. 17 A symposium held last year in Johannesburg made very strong demands for a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission, and made several references to the need both to seek accountability and institute rehabilitation for the perpetrators. Here see the Johannesburg Declaration and the Summary of the Johannesburg symposium, reported in Themba Lesizwe (2004), Civil Society and Justice in Zimbabwe, Proceedings of a symposium held in Johannesburg, 1113 August 2003, PRETORIA: THEMBA LESIZWE.