Disruptive Innovation against destructive power will human rights

Disruptive Innovation against destructive power; will human rights prevail? Frances Lovemore on behalf of Counselling Services Unit It is declared that there is no conflict of interest Counselling Services Unit 2016

The Political Marketplace Violence is used as a tool of negotiation for retention or transfer of power and the political cost is a key determinant of the extent to which organised torture and violence is used The mental health repercussions of such strategies have lasting benefits to the perpetrators, FEAR will prevail as the regulatory mechanisms to challenges of political power Counselling Services Unit 2016

I. K. A case study

CSU Strategic House

2008 Violence Stats COUNSELLING SERVICES UNIT 2016

Political Power Challenge COUNSELLING SERVICES UNIT 2016

New Victims of OVT by Year of Incident: 2000 – 2016 Year Clients 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 TOTAL 504 439 1343 647 613 579 665 1267 14702 495 492 716 459 571 395 499 729 25115

New Victims of OVT by Year of Incident: 2000 – 2016

Documented Violations By Type from 2000 to 2016 Violation Abduction/Torture Assault/Torture Number of Cases 5965 20186 Attempted Murder 171 Murder –politically motivated 438 Rape 672 Theft - politically motivated 745 Others 4549

Mental Health support ; How do we deal with the scale of the problem 1. 2. 3. 4. Access Safety Effectiveness Follow-up and bonds of trust

Areas Where Outreach Groups Came From: 2008 - 2016

Outreach Work (2009)

Outreach Work (2009)

Outreach Work (2009)

Outreach Group In Therapeutic Craft Session (Nov 2016)

Outreach Group Therapeutic Craft (Jul 2015)

Arts and Craft Products

Measuring Impact; Challenges and Achievements 1. 2. 3. Culturally validated questionnaires Universally accepted measurement scales that are valid in a Continuous Stress Environment Developing support for holistic rehabilitation; the donor pressure to have programs as opposed to individual interventions

Shona Symptom Questionnaire (SSQ 14) q The SSQ 14 is a standard screening tool used to detect depression and anxiety symptoms in clients in the past 7 days q From 1 st January 2014 to 30 th Nov 2016, 4063 clients were administered the SSQ 14. q During the same period 730 clients came back for review and completed the same SSQ 14. q 633 [86%] clients showed improvement in their SSQ 14 score, indicating an improvement secondary to interventions

WHO (BREF) Quality of Life Survey q The QOL Survey measures the perception of one’s own physical, social, psychological, and environmental health. q From 1 st January 2015 to 30 th Nov 2016, 3236 clients were administered with the QOL Survey. q During the same period 388 clients came back for review and completed the same QOL Survey. OUTCOME IN OVERALL PERCEPTION OF QOL AND HEALTH v 132 [34%] clients improved in perception of quality of their life. 137 remained the same and 119 deteriorated. v 4 [1%] clients improved in perception of quality of their health. 380 remained the same and 4 deteriorated.

WHO (BREF) Quality of Life Survey OUTCOME IN DOMAINS OF QOL v 188 [48%] clients improved in their perception of quality of their physical health. 57 remained the same and 143 deteriorated. v 196 [50%] clients improved in the perception of quality of psychological health. 59 remained the same and 133 deteriorated. v 170 [44%] clients improved in the perception of quality of their social relationships. 82 remained the same and 136 deteriorated. v 176 [45%] clients improved in the perception of the quality of their environment. 73 remained the same and 139 deteriorated.

Challenges for legal intervention in the fight against impunity 1. Volume of cases 2. State reluctance 3. Donor desire for engagement and resolution (the under the carpet approach to diplomacy) 4. Client accessibility 5. Client intimidation (and the role of support through court cases)

Impact of legal victory 1. Community stability 2. Perpetrator exposure 3. Confidence to engage the state structures on other issues 4. Building the evidence of command responsibility 5. Building the evidence for Holistic Rehabilitation for Torture Survivors

Court Judgements in Favour of OVT Victims: 2014 Assault 1. Moses Nyabuna v Musiiwa Nyahwi and 2 ors (HC 188/09): USD 5 000 2. John Savanhu v Oliver Knagosa and 5 ors (HC 5157/ 09): USD 30 000 3. Prince Jack v Jimmy Kunaka (HC 2729/09): USD 4 000 4. Fatima Manhondo v Minister of Home Affairs and 2 Ors (HC 2498/09): USD 3 500 5. Gideon Mukoshoware v Edmond Chibaya and 12 ors (HC 731/09): USD 4 000

Court Judgements in Favour of OVT Victims: 2015 Assault 1. Grace Munodawafa vs Komboyani Mudyanevana: USD 8000 2. James Nyama vs Bitu Mazhuwana: USD 3000 3. Weston Katiyo vs Robson Marozva and others HC 3007/2011: USD 12000 4. Tsitsi Chimhutu vs More blessing Gadze and Paul Kambanje : USD 3500 5. Batsirai Gono vs Gift Masango, Diamond Tapama and others: USD 20000 6. Meeting Mugumba vs Gibson Matimura and others: USD 6000 7. (Chiredzi) 20 Nandi Primary School pupils vs Ruwocha, Khumalo and Mamutse: Accused fined USD 500 or 5 months imprisonment each. Wrongful Arrest 8. Zulu Jinya vs Minister of Home Affairs and the Police Commissioner-General: USD 550 Assault by Police officers 9. Tsitsi Chimhutu vs More blessing Gadze and Paul Kambanje: USD 3000

So where to from here? • • • Lessons learned, rehabilitation needs to be systematic holistic, client driven, and embedded in the communities and Consolidation of impact of innovative programming: building the picture The discussions ahead of us particularly in this post truth worldhow do we deal with the faltering politics

Thanks • The survivors of torture in Zimbabwe for what they have taught us • The International Human Rights Community for the ever improving frameworks • The donor community for commitment to democracy and development • The staff of CSU for their extraordinary courage and dedication • DONORS: USAID, The Royal Norwegian Embassy, CIDA, Sida, AUSAID, The British Embassy, The Netherlands Embassy