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Minimum
demands adopted at the transitional justice workshop "Options
for Zimbabwe"
Zimbabwe Human
Rights NGO Forum
September 10, 2008
No amnesty for:
- crimes against
humanity, torture and other international crimes;
- rape and
other sexual based crimes;
- Corruption
and other crimes of greed.
No extinguishing
of civil claims against the perpetrators or the State.
No guarantee
of job security for those found responsible for gross human rights
violations and corruption.
Comprehensive
reparations for victims of human rights violations.
A credible and
independent truth seeking inquiry into the conflicts of the past
which holds perpetrators to account and which provides victims the
opportunity to tell their stories with a view to promoting national
healing.
Independent
monitoring and reform of the operations and structure of the police,
army, paramilitary, security coordination, administration of justice,
food distribution and other organs of state involved in the implementation
of the transition.
Development
of interim or transitional rules to guarantee the rule of law and
upholding of all basic rights during the transition, including the
right to engage in political activities. These rules must be enforceable.
They must be encapsulated in amendments to the Constitution or an
interim constitution. Such rules must remain in place until free
and fair elections are held and until a final Constitution, endorsed
by the people, is in place.
Achieve gender
equity in official bodies and for transitional justice initiatives
to pay particular attention to marginalized communities in Zimbabwe.
Resolutions
Mindful of the
current talks between the political protagonists in Zimbabwe and
the Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) signed on 21 July 2008;
Noting the failure
by the political parties to adequately address issues of transitional
justice in their MoU;
Requiring that
the Zimbabwean people and civil society organisations be given a
full opportunity to make an input into the process taking place
to bring about transition to a new political order to streamline
the human rights content of any settlement that may be reached;
Further recalling
the Symposium on Transitional Justice held in Johannesburg 11-13
August 2003;
Being mindful
of the resolutions adopted at the aforementioned Symposium and the
steps taken by various stakeholders towards the achievement of these
resolutions;
We the organisations
represented herein at the Transitional Justice; - "The options
for Zimbabwe" Workshop being fully committed to truth, justice,
accountability and the need for sustainable peace in Zimbabwe hereby
make the following resolutions:
- We reiterate
the resolutions made at the Johannesburg Symposium and remain
committed to the fulfilment of these resolution;
- That civil
society organisations work together in order to achieve the resolution
agreed upon at this workshop;
- We encourage
the political parties involved in the talks to honour their commitments
as stated in their MoU to bring about a lasting solution to the
Zimbabwe crisis particularly, but not exclusively, an end to the
human rights violations;
- Further reiterating
the need for judicial and non judicial transitional justice mechanisms
to be set up in Zimbabwe that conform to the following fundamental
principles: Victim - centred, comprehensive, inclusive, consultative
participation of all stakeholders, particularly the victims, the
establishment of the truth, acknowledgment, Justice, Compensation
and Reparations, national healing and reconciliation, non-repetition
(never again), gender sensitive, transparency and accountability,
and nation building and reintegration.
- That there
is need for institutional transformation guided by legislative
reform through the writing of model laws by interested stakeholders;
- Judicial and justice Reform, Electoral reform, Constitutional
Reform, Media Reform
- Civil society
works with the elected legislators to bring about this change.
- Acknowledging
that the organisations here present work in different thematic
areas, and there shall be a need to group them accordingly at
a later stage to carry out specific tasks.
- That the
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum ensures the implementation of
these resolutions.
- The organisations
here present also made several minimum demands for a transitional
process in Zimbabwe. These demands are attached as an appendix
to this resolution.
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