Zimbabwe
Subtitle: the toll of impunity
Publisher: International Secretariat
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Human rights; Punishment
Other titles: Toll of impunity
Notes: "June 2002."

"AI Index: AFR 46/034/2002."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: I. Introduction; title: Historical impunity; title: The pattern of impunity; title: "Terror tactics" used in the run-up to the 2000 parliamentary elections; title: Impunity and international law and standards: the legal basis for rejecting impunity; title: Recommendations on impunity in Zimbabwe.; title: II. The toll of impunity; title: 1. The granting of presidential clemencies and amnesties has reinforced impunity in Zimbabwe; title: 2. Obscuring or preventing the identification of those who commit human rights violations perpetuates impunity; title: 3. Impunity is reinforced by preventing journalists and human rights defenders from documenting violations; title: 4. Impunity is reinforced by blocking effective police investigation into violations; title: 5. Impunity can be granted when the judiciary's independence and effectivenes is undermined or circumvented.