A culture of respect for human rights will need to be re-established
in Zimbabwe Existing institutions will need to be strengthened and
other institutions established institutionalize this new culture. The
justice delivery system should be re-designed a way that will
allow for accessible remedies for victims of human rights abuse.
The law enforcement agencies and prison service will need to be
overhauled so the they once again become professional, politically
neutral forces that respect the human rights of all Zimbabweans
and enforce the law on a fair and impartial basis. Officer who
planned and instigated or perpetrated particularly serious human
rights abuses should be removed from law enforcement agencies
and all law enforcement officers must be made to undergo
thorough re-training focused on the protection of human rights.
Civic organizations should monitor law enforcement agencies to
ensure that they do not commit human rights abuses and, when
they do, to assist injured parties to obtain redress.
All militias and other irregular para-military forces must be
immediately disbanded. There must be rehabilitation programmes
to reintegrate members of these forces back into normal society.
The independence and impartiality of the judicial system and of
the prosecution service has been undermined and public
confidence in this system will need to be restored.
There must be effective constitutional mechanisms to ensure that
judicial appointments are made on the basis of professional
competence and suitability and that there is no political
interference in the judicial process.
The human rights protections contained in the Constitution must
be strengthened and made to conform to international standards on
human rights.
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