Human Rights Training of Police Officers 5.9 For the Zimbabwe Republic Police, training in Human Rights is taken as a stand-alone subject during recruit training as well as conventional courses at Police Staff College. Professional Updating Centres [PUCs] conduct different trainings in their respective provinces and “Human Rights” is included as a topic in all refresher and other courses. 5.10. In 2018, PUCs conducted trainings for all police officers in preparation for the national elections. Human Rights were part of the course content. The table below shows the total number of Police Officers/ Members who were trained in courses covering Human Rights. 5.11. Table No 3 below shows the number of ZRP officers who have received training on human rights in 2018 and 2019 Institution Depot Recruitment No. Trained in 2018 No.Trained in 2019 1090 5480 428 188 PUC 47066 1552 TOTAL 48584 7220 Staff College 5.12. Our judiciary has been consistent in the condemnation of the practices of torture. This point is made clear in the celebrated case Page | 16