International
Covenant
on
Civil
and
Political
Rights.
Zimbabwe
is
a
state
party to both instruments.
It
is
torture
also
widely
agreed
that
and
other
ill-treatment
a
state
has
violated
not
only
when
a
the
state
prohibition
official
on
physically
commits the act, but also when such an act is committed at the instigation
of
or
with
the
consent
or
acquiescence
acting in an official capacity.
21
of
a
public
official
or
other
person
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