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IBA
urges South Africa to act on human rights dossier
Ezekiel Chiwara,
The Zimbabwe Guardian (London)
March 30, 2008
http://www.talkzimbabwe.com/news/117/ARTICLE/2009/2008-03-30.html
The international Bar
Association's Human Rights Institute has written to the director
of Public Prosecutions in South Africa, to urge him to act on evidence
of serious international crimes allegedly perpetrated by Zimbabwean
officials.
Two weeks ago the Southern
African Litigation Centre (SALC) sent a dossier to the South Africa's
National prosecution Authority (NPA), naming Zimbabwean police officers
and other members of the security forces who are alleged to have
killed, tortured, or persecuted opposition figures. IBA executive
director Mark Ellis wrote to NPA director Vusi Pikoli, urging him
to give the submission serious consideration.
The IBA wants Pikoli
to use the opportunity to hold alleged perpetrators of serious human
rights violations to account, in accordance with the ICC Rome Statute.
"We are concerned
that without the assistance of the NPA to bring perpetrators of
these serious international crimes to justice, Zimbabwean officials
implicated will evade accountability and could also use South Africa
as a safe haven," said Ellis.
The Southern African
Litigation Centre was established by the IBA in partnership with
the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa. It is designed
to promote the effective implementation of human rights in the region,
with a focus on three principal areas: support for human rights
cases, advice on constitutional advocacy in the Southern African
region; and training in human rights and rule of law issues.
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