o Ensure that all residents of areas affected by planned involuntary evictions have an opportunity to register title claims to the land they occupy;
o Promote and carry out genuine consultation with all those affected by planned development or “beautification” projects that may entail relocation of population;
o Provide reasonable and accurate notice, in writing, to affected communities of the scope, purpose and precise area of proposed land acquisition in connection with planned involuntary evictions, as well as actual eviction dates and reasons for such action at that time;
o Provide for a meaningful—impartial, fast and free—process for compensating people for real estate and personal property taken or destroyed;
o Require documentation of the eviction process, including written and photographic inventories, prior to the evictions, of any real estate and personal property to be demolished or taken during those evictions;
o Ensure that resettlement locations for all evictees are specified before any eviction takes place and consultations are held with affected communities on possible alternatives to relocation, such as site upgrading or integration into existing development plans for the area;
o Ensure that evictions do not take place in particularly bad weather or at night;
o Ensure that basic shelter, water, food, education, health and transportation services are available for evicted persons at relocation sites at the time they move to these sites;
o Define clearly the authorities entitled to issue and carry out eviction orders and for what purposes;
o Ensure appropriate supervision of the eviction process and that anyone involved in it is clearly identified when contacting affected communities at all times prior, during or after evictions;
o Publish and enforce an appropriate code of conduct and complaint procedure for the persons carrying out the evictions;
o Carry out periodic monitoring of and accounting for all evictions and resettlements.
