CONFERENCE OUTCOMES Security sector Reform The need for security sector reforms to be implemented came out in the Symposium and also as a key issue when the final evaluation was carried out. The participants identified the police, the military, the intelligence sector and other private groups heavily aligned to the state as needing reform. How the reforms will be carried out will need to be discussed and agreed upon by all stakeholders. What was clear in the Symposium is that the state needs to be demilitarised and the security institutions will need to be depoliticised so that they do not support the ruling party and are also non partisan. Truth seeking The Symposium delegates were unanimous on the need for a comprehensive truth - seeking process for Zimbabwe's long history of human rights violations. This stance comes from the recognition that most of the narratives peddled in Zimbabwe about a lot of the massacres, the human rights violations and other histories are not factually correct. Different players especially political parties have manipulated the narratives to suit their own needs and to this day there has not been agreed narratives on the Gukurahundi, what happened during the 2008 bloody elections, Murambatsvina, the massacres from the liberation struggle and other epochs of violence, Questions arise on the fundamentals of such truth - seeking exercises on whose truth should prevail and who will verify and give the most valid truth. Documenting and archiving for transitional justice A discussion took place around the need to document human rights violations and other atrocities that have occurred in Zimbabwe. The key issue is that almost everyone depending on what violations they experienced knows what happened. However, what remains largely 33 missing from Zimbabwe’s narratives is a more permanent way of documenting such experiences. While immense effort has been made into ensuring such processes take place through museums, libraries, the writing of reports, books, journals and other archiving methods, efforts remain disjointed and uncoordinated. The need for such a process cannot be overemphasised and needs to be implemented as soon as possible so that history is not lost due to weather and even human deliberate destruction. Rehabilitation of victims through coordinated government support One major issue that emerged from the Symposium was that of the need to rehabilitate victims and survivors through the provision of pyscho-social support and other rehabilitative processes. A call was made for government to come up with deliberate processes that allow for victims and survivors to access medical and psycho social support free of charge n matter what region, problem they are suffering as long as it needs such psycho social support. The corollary to this issue is that the NPRC needs to engage other government Ministries such as the Social Welfare department and the Ministry of Health to come up with comprehensive and inclusive policies and programs to cater for victims and survivors of past human rights violations. The Symposium noted that the needs of victims and survivors were immediate and needed urgent attention. What sort of amnesties if any for Zimbabwe? The question of the myriad amnesties granted for past human rights violations starting from the colonial period to this day in Zimbabwe continues to a major cause for concern. The amnesties that were granted for most perpetrators in Zimbabwe were largely illegal and would not meet the test of international standards on what crimes and who should be given amnesty after egregious human rights violations. It was noted in the Symposium that a 2018 TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE POLICY SYMPOSIUM REPORT