Time for accountability 33 Although the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) was amended in February 2008, police continued to apply it selectively in the run-up to the March 2008 election. 29 These rights are recognized in the Constitution of Zimbabwe and in regional and international human rights treaties to which Zimbabwe is a state party, in particular the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 30 One of the 32 MDC activists arrested on or around 28 March 2007, CRB No. B472-84/07. 31 Adopted by General Assembly resolution 40/34 of 29 November 1985. 32 Adopted by UN General Assembly Resolution 60/147 on 16 December 2005. 33 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action paras 60, 91. 34 See Updated Set of principles for the protection and promotion of human rights through action to combat impunity, UN Doc. E/CN.4/2005/102/Add.1. 35 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Promoting Justice and Reconciliation in Africa: Challenges for Human Rights and Development, May 2002. 36 See Updated Set of principles for the protection and promotion of human rights through action to combat impunity, UN Doc. E/CN.4/2005/102/Add.1, Principle 27. 37 See Updated Set of principles for the protection and promotion of human rights through action to combat impunity, UN Doc. E/CN.4/2005/102/Add.1, Principles 35 and 36. 28 Amnesty International AI Index: AFR 46/028/2008

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