• Co-operate with an independent, international investigation into the events of Operation Murambatsvina. Bring to justice those whose actions in planning or executing Operation Murambatsvina violated national law or international human rights law. • Develop a legal framework free from gender discrimination, for conferring security of tenure on those who do not yet have it, including those in informal settlements or who are occupying land or housing. • Investigate allegations of excessive use of force and other human rights abuses by police and other state officials involved in the evictions and bring all those responsible to justice. • Allow and co-operate with visits by Special Rapporteurs of the Commission on Human Rights, the Representative of the Secretary General for Internally Displaced Persons and relevant human rights mechanisms of the African Union to further investigate the human rights situation in the country. To the Southern African Development Community • Strongly condemn the mass evictions and demolitions; call on the UN Secretary General to set up an independent and impartial commission of inquiry to investigate the manner in which the evictions were carried out and for those responsible to be brought to justice. • Urge the government of Zimbabwe to take immediate action to address the impact of the evictions and demolitions on the hundreds of thousands of homeless and destitute Zimbabweans. To the African Union • Strongly condemn the mass evictions and demolitions and urge the government of Zimbabwe to take immediate action to address the impact of the evictions and demolitions on hundreds of thousands of homeless and destitute Zimbabweans. • Call on the UN Secretary General to set up an independent and impartial commission of inquiry to investigate the manner in which the evictions were carried out and for those responsible to be brought to justice. 4