Article 2 (3) of the ICCPR requires that State Parties, including Zimbabwe, ensure that any persons whose rights or freedoms spelled out in the Covenant are violated has a right to an effective remedy, determined by a competent authority. As state party to the ICESCR, Zimbabwe is required to “…see to it that all the individuals concerned have a right to adequate compensation for any property, both personal and real, which is affected.”158 158 CESCR, General Comment 7, para 13. 40