2.0 Memorialisation 1. Purpose Related Principles a. Memorialisation initiatives must seek to achieve historical clarification suppor ting local memorialisation initiatives. b. Memorialisation initiatives must be treated as a tool for building of a collective memory. b. Memorialisation projects must be implemented with great attention to the context. This must be aligned at different levels – whether they are family projects, community projects, and national projects, regional or international initiatives c. Memorialisation initiatives must i n vo l ve t h e p a r t i c i p a t i o n o f stakeholders and the grassroots. Local communities and all stakeholders must be involved from conception, design, development and implementation of the memorialisation initiatives. c. Memorialisation initiatives must teach history to the contemporary and future generations while promoting multiple narratives. In teaching history, memorialisation projects must also ensure its preservation. d. Memorialisation projects must pursue truth-based reconciliation. By undertaking memorialisation initiatives based on a history that embraces the collective memory of the society, memorialisation accomplishes a critical principle of transitional justice – acknowledgement of the past as well as reconciliation. d. A memorialisation initiative must explicitly show acknowledgment for past wrongs but should be sensitive to the context. e. Memorialisation initiatives must assist in the development of people's identity In designing memorialisation projects, survivors and victims must play a leading role, and their best interests must take priority. This is linked to the principle of stakeholder participation but goes on to focus on victims and their varied needs. f. Memorialisation projects must be carried out with extreme caution, and experts must be involved especially experts from the affected groups who share and understand the e. 2. Process Related Principles a. Sensitive to context, location and the target audience 12 Guiding Principles for Transitional Justice Policy and Practice in Zimbabwe