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and the State must take reasonable legislative and other measures, having regard to its available
resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of this right.
4.40 Rights of persons with disabilities
The State must take appropriate measures, having regard to its available resources, to ensure
that persons with disabilities realise their full mental and physical potential including
measures—
(a) to enable them to become self reliant;
(b) to enable them to live with their families and participate in social, creative or
recreational activities;
(c) to protect them from all forms of exploitation and abuse;
(d) to give them access to medical, psychological and functional treatment;
(e) to provide special facilities for their education; and
(f) to State-funded education and training where they need it.
4.41 Rights of liberation war veterans
(1) War veterans, that is to say—
(a) those who fought in Zimbabwe’s war of liberation;
(b) those who assisted the fighters in Zimbabwe’s war of liberation; and
(c) those who were detained or restricted for political reasons during Zimbabwe’s war of
liberation;
are entitled to due recognition for their contribution to the liberation of Zimbabwe, and to
suitable welfare such as pensions and access to basic health care.
(2) An Act of Parliament must make provision for conferring on war veterans the
entitlements due to them under subsection (1).
PART 4
ENFORCEMENT OF RIGHTS
4.42 Enforcement of rights
(1) Any of the following persons, namely—
(a) any person acting in their own interests;
(b) any person acting on behalf of another person who cannot act for themselves;
(c) any person acting as a member, or in the interests, of a group or class of persons;
(d) any person acting in the public interest;
(e) any association acting in the interests of its members;
is entitled to approach a court, alleging that a fundamental right or freedom enshrined in this
Chapter has been, is being or is likely to be infringed, and the court may grant appropriate relief,
including a declaration of rights and an award of compensation.
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