Organised Violence and Torture
in Zimbabwe

IRCT
Harare and Copenhagen - June 06, 2000


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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

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