A Constitutional Court should be established to ensure the
enforcement of human rights and credible, politically neutral and
competent judges should be appointed to this court.
A number of Commissions should be established to ensure the
observance of human rights and provide accessible means of
redress to those harmed by human rights abuse. These should
include a Human Rights Commission, a Commission on Gender
Rights, a Commission of Economic Crimes, and a Land
Commission.
International remedies for victims
The new government should take steps to facilitate access by
Zimbabweans for human rights abuses.
The new government should try to make full and effective use of
the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
It should enable all Zimbabweans to rights and protections of all
regional and international rights instruments by becoming a State
Party to such treaties as the Convention Against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights. It should also make a declaration under Article 14
of the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
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