compensation is only made to those that suffer loss and such loss is quantifiable. That is compensation is to restore the receiver of such compensation to the position he would be before the deceased died. The Respondent State submits that its domestic law caters for compensation of persons whose lives depended on the life of a person wrongfully killed by state agents. 83. According to the Respondent State, the issue of compensation only arises if AC HP R the state agents are found to have acted outside the laws of Zimbabwe. It submits that the complaint has been prematurely brought before the African Commission as the state agents‟ actions have not yet been found to be wrongful. 84. The Respondent State notes that the desire by the Complainant to see Zimbabwe adopt laws similar to the Fatal Accident Act should not have been brought as a complaint to the African Commission but rather the Complainant should have used domestic procedures in lobbying for the legislation of such a law. The Respondent State also submits that the right to life is not absolute as claimed by the Complainant and that for all these reasons, the Complaint be dismissed. Respondent State’s Supplementary Submissions on the Merits 85. In making supplementary submissions on merits, the Respondent State draws guidance from the following provisions of national as well as international law. The Respondent State notes Section 93 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe which provides that: “(1) There shall be a Police Force which, together with such other bodies as may be established by law for the purpose, shall have the function of preserving the internal security of and maintaining law and order in Zimbabwe”. 21

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