ACTIVITIES & METHODOLOGY 1. Activities Undertaken During the course of this review, the Institute for Popular Democracy and the Commission on Human Rights undertook the following activities: (a) Prelim inary Review i. Collection and analysis of all publicly available legislation, regulation and other domestic legal instruments relevant to housing, evictions and resettlement; ii. Collection and analysis of all publicly available government policy documents; iii. Collection and analysis of relevant international legal instruments, proceedings of treaty-monitoring bodies and submissions made by all stakeholders to such proceedings, where relevant to the enjoyment and enforcement of housing-related human rights; iv. Collection and analysis of reports and other research documents prepared by government agencies, NGOs and international organisations. (b) Secondary Review To establish evidence of government practice and obtain first-hand stakeholder perspective on the application of the legal framework, the following fact-finding activities were also undertaken: i. Ten site visits to communities affected by government housing and resettlement policy, in both informal settlements and resettlement sites; ii. Consultations and interviews with government agency representatives and civil society stakeholders; iii. Roundtable discussions with government and civil society stakeholders; iv. Consideration of written submissions from interested government and civil society stakeholders. xvii

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