30 Zimbabwe: No justice for the victims of forced evictions ™ Review and revise the implementation of Operation Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle in respect of vending sites with the genuine participation of informal vendors and traders with a view to progressively increasing the availability and accessibility of secure vending sites. ™ While progressively working to increase access to regulated vending sites the government must not impede the right to an adequate standard of living and the right to gain a living by work of those who do not have access to such vending sites. Any limits placed on the right to gain a living by working (for example, by engaging in informal vegetable selling, with or without licence) should be reasonable, legitimate and proportionate and take into account the absence of alternatives for the majority of people and the human rights implications. ™ Investigate all allegations of discriminatory allocation of vending sites in Bulawayo. Should other allegations of discriminatory allocation of vending sites be made, further investigations should be undertaken. Ensure that the procedure for allocation of vending sites fully respects the human rights principle of non-discrimination. 8 Invite ACHPR and UN Special Mechanisms to visit Zimbabwe ™ Issue standing invitations to the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of IDPs and the Special Rapporteur of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Refugees and IDPs in Africa to investigate human rights concerns in Zimbabwe within the scope of their respective mandates. Recommendations to donors The political impasse between donors and the Zimbabwe government has serious consequences for the human rights of the people of Zimbabwe. Donor assistance is needed to enable people to access adequate housing and basic services such as water and sanitation. ™ Donors should support a human rights-based housing plan which contains sufficient safeguards that human rights will be promoted and protected without discrimination. ™ In the interim donors should ensure that humanitarian assistance programmes, including those providing emergency or temporary shelter, receive sufficient funding to ensure minimum essential levels of the right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate food, water and housing. ™ Donors should ensure their humanitarian assistance is based firmly on the human rights principle of non-discrimination. Recommendations to the United Nations ™ Ensure there is a clear human rights policy for addressing failure to allow humanitarian aid, with clearly spelt-out responsibilities for different UN agencies. Such a policy should comprise phased steps, moving from representations and Amnesty International 8 September 2006 AI Index: AFR 46/005/2006