To secure in Zimbabwe and throughout the world the observance of the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other International Conventions. This is in recognition of our professional obligation to advocate for the human rights of all to access good quality health services, and to bring the skills of the medical profession to the aid of victims of human rights abuses. This shall be done by:

• Defending the rights of health professionals and supporting medical colleagues who are persecuted because of their adherence to medical ethics as defined by the World Medical Association, and indeed defending the rights of all those persecuted due to their conscientiously held beliefs, regardless of politics, religion or ethnic origin.
• Promoting the education of health professionals, other professionals, and the general public about international human rights and their protection, and about the medical and psychological sequelae of human rights abuses.
• Monitoring the ethics and responsibilities of doctors concerning human rights issues including:
  • Documenting and investigating cases where doctors have participated in human rights abuses such as the use of medical skills in torture.
  • Investigating and exposing the falsification of medical evidence in relation to those whose rights have been violated.
• Documenting human rights abuses, using our medical skills to observe and record the psychological and physical effects of these abuses.
• Making representations on behalf of those persons, including medical colleagues, who have been subject to threats, intimidation or actual violations of their human rights.
• Liaising with other medical and non-medical organisations concerned with human rights issues