From the viewpoint of international criminal law, the serious human rights abuses  perpetrated in Zimbabwe have implications for the perpetrators. These implications  are discussed, drawing on the jurisprudence of international criminal tribunals and the  text of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Two important  international law doctrines are relevant to any attempt to prosecute Zimbabwe's  leaders: the doctrine of responsibility and superior orders, and the controversial  doctrine of immunity. Possible avenues for prosecution of Zimbabweans implicated in  international crimes include actions before foreign municipal courts and actions by the  International Criminal Court. Consideration is also given to a possible prosecution  under South Africa's Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International  Criminal Court Act 27 of 2002.