H African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rig~t~, Human Rights our Collective Responsibility , r question led to the War of Liberation (second Chimurenga) which ended with the Lancaster House Agreement in 19~9. le 121. The Respondent State submits that colonial government had put in place policies that favoured the white bommercial farmers, as they could access trainings, direct grants, loan I guarantee schemes, funding for agricultural research and building of roads. The State submits that as a result of this policy, many whites bought farmlands in areas reserved for the white population, which tended to be upland areas where rainfall was higher and the soilfertile. j 122. The Respondent State argues that i was a various laws on acquisition of land were e Zimbabwe in the interest of economic .devel peace, security and political stability aqi6rig;~f1.}~r tliI ackground that government of ial harmony, S" 123. The Respondent State sUbnjifs··~t~4~ ~~~t Consti 11. contained f provisions relating to the a,cq;!.1{i§i 10n df la#$;~,forresettlem nt and placed the onus for providing cOrI],pensatl" Ir the·~~ca.Riredfarms on the former ~olonial pow~r. The ,j"; . Ziili1:)~8~e woul.d pay for Infrastructurallmproy, t notJot the land Itself. . ,~' :~~~te 124. The Respon~~~~ that t Impatience of the landless masses reached \ boiling point I bo resulting in invasions which coincided with ''t~~ rejection of ~pe t " Draft Constitution. It states that the invasions welje::,nevera poli~y n' r were they an integral part of the Lands-Reform and. ;R~~ettlemel}tFProgramme, but were a spontaneous reacti6I};::\~r:,:~;lancit~s.s':~;g~,?p~l The IRe~pondent State avers that war veterans;JVho~liCldsacrificed their yout, and future prospects to go to war over the land .questi,qn were disappointed by the apparent setback and took it upon-themselvesto demonstrate!. "'. r I 125. The Respondent State condemns the actions of these actors and states that there was £lever a directive from ~he State advising the police not to attend to complaints or respond to incidents of crime on account of their being 'political'. It avers that the invasions happened spontaneously and were country wide, as such, the police were overwhelmed. The State submits that these constraints faced b~ the Police led to the Complainant facing the treatment complained of in the present Communication. I I ""~~'~~~c~<." 126. The Respondent State submits that the primary goal of t g_o~ARI4r J . 1'0 '? Reform and Resettlement Programme ISto redress colonial im~~':5:'anCE't:' access to ownership, control and utiliiation of agricultural la~~.'.':in ,0("0' -o <~, , aYPi.<~~} ~ ~ .'.\."; I I ;("i <tL) ~"""," ('l ~ 0 -i ~, en <J \\~ ~ AU'Up.. i. ~0 /~ .,/ P ag·\I."'M7~,ru:~· ~ ""1'0 ~ <:> ,;y ,ff \. / , ~ 4':RIC"\~ ((.,,§. ',. "~ < ~o 1? s'i' /"". MME ET or. '~"'''' __ ._'-="''''-:;;i'' ",f