In this document persons affected by human rights abuses are referred to as victims or survivors. The process The Zimbabwean participants of this symposium compiled this document and agreed upon the recommendations contained in it. The Zimbabwean participants recognized they had initiated a process aimed at achieving justice for victims. They undertook to engage in wider consultation within their own organizations, other civic bodies not represented at the symposium and the general public. They will then incorporate these views into a final action plan. The civic organizations that endorse this plan, and agree to participate in its implementation, will present the plan to the political parties and other actors, and demand that that it will be fully taken into account in all deliberations relating to political transition. These civic organizations will monitor the political discussions pertaining to political transition to ensure that the needs of victims are fully met in the transitional and posttransitional periods. Preamble 1. Mindful that a political solution is urgently required in order to overcome the serious and rapidly worsening crisis in Zimbabwe that has resulted in such widespread suffering; 2. Requiring that the Zimbabwean people and civil society organizations be given a full opportunity to make an input into the process taking place to bring about transition to a new political order to influence the human rights content vi