4. Methods
4.1 Interviews of key informants
Meetings were held with a number of individuals and organisations (see Appendix B).
Health organisations:
Zimbabwe Medical Association
Zimbabwe Nurses Association
Community Working Group on Health
Legal Organisations
Legal Resources Foundation
Human Rights Organisations
AMANI Trust (Harare & Bulawayo)
Amnesty International
National Constitutional Assembly
ZimRights
Diplomatic Missions
The Royal Danish Embassy
The Embassy of Greece
The Delegation of the European Commission
Churches
Catholic Church
4.2 Examinations of victims
The examinations followed the standard IRCT medical questionnaire for examining torture
victims.
There was emphasis on the following:
creating trust and confidence;
health state before torture;
education;
social and family situation;
emphasis on alleged physical, psychological and social methods of
torture;
Torture:
subjective complaints (physical, psychological and social)
Medical examination:
objective physical findings
objective psychological findings