(e) to investigate the conduct of any authority or person, where it is alleged that any provision of Chapter III has been violated by that authority or person; (f) to assist in the preparation of reports which the Government is required to submit in terms of any international treaty for the protection of human rights and freedoms; and (g) to exercise any other functions that may be conferred or imposed on the Commission by or under an Act of Parliament. 211 Powers of Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (1) The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission may require any person, body, organ, agency or institution, whether belonging to or employed by the State, a Local Authority or otherwise to provide the Commission– (a) with information on the measures they have taken towards the realisation of the rights and freedoms in Chapters II and III; (b) with information needed to prepare reports which the Government is required to submit in terms of any international treaty for the protection of human rights and freedoms. (2) The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission may– (a) take over and continue any investigation instituted by the Public Protector, where the investigation raises issues that are primarily the concern of the Commission; (b) refer to the Public Protector any matter which it considers raises issues that are primarily the concern of the Public Protector. (3) An Act of Parliament may confer power on the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission to– (a) conduct investigations on its own initiative or on receipt of complaints; (b) visit and inspect prisons, places of detention, refugee camps and related facilities in order to ascertain the conditions under which inmates are kept there, and to make recommendations regarding those conditions to the Minister responsible for administering the law relating to those places or facilities; (c) visit and inspect places where mentally disordered or intellectually handicapped persons are detained under any law in order to ascertain the conditions under which those persons are kept there, and to make recommendations regarding those conditions to the Minister responsible for administering the law; and (d) secure or provide appropriate redress for violations of human rights and freedoms. PART III ZIMBABWE ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION 212 Establishment and composition of Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (1) There is a Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission consisting of at least four and not more than nine members appointed by the President in consultation with the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders. (2) Persons appointed to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission must be persons of integrity chosen for their knowledge of and experience in administration or the prosecution or investigation of crime or for their general suitability for appointment, and– - 78 -

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