Who is eligible What are they eligible How to determine What’s the objective for eligibility and compensation levels 1. Landowners Loss of land and rights 1. Official The aim of OP. 4.12 is to land documentation to compensate all those who have lost their land. issued by or on behalf OP 4.12 goes beyond government technical rules of law or 2. Customary documents; evidence which in part :i.e. documents are designed to bring recognized by both disputes over land to an official and customary end and ensure security law as giving rise to to title. OP 4.12 aims at ownership rights simple and substantive 3. Oral and other justice: you‘ve been ―if evidence with probative on this land for a long value that the claimant time and there is good and his/her family have evidence of that then been in occupation of the you should be land for at least 35 years. compensated for losing 4. Open, continuous and it. interrupted possession of persons over a very long time which effectively vests in them legal rights over the lands they occupy through acquisitive prescription. 2. Squatters Permanent improvements Observance of The objective here is they have made to the permanent improvements; to compensate the land they have occupied questioning the squatter squatter for expenditure and neighbors on when on the land but not for improvement made; the of the land itself consulting maps and other relevant documents 3. Agricultural tenants Loss of income cash compensation A fair approximation of corresponding to one loss of income year‘s 4. Sharecroppers Loss of income Their share of the harvest Ditto to above crop yield of land lost. at additional compensation market rates plus one
Who is eligible What are they eligible for How to determine eligibility and compensation levels What’s the objective 1. Landowners Loss of land and rights to land 1. Official documentation issued by or on behalf government 2. Customary documents; :i.e. documents recognized by both official and customary law as giving rise to ownership rights 3. Oral and other evidence with probative value that the claimant and his/her family have been in occupation of the land for at least 35 years. 4. Open, continuous and interrupted possession of persons over a very long time which effectively vests in them legal rights over the lands they occupy through acquisitive prescription. The aim of OP. 4.12 is to compensate all those who have lost their land. OP 4.12 goes beyond technical rules of law or evidence which in part are designed to bring disputes over land to an end and ensure security to title. OP 4.12 aims at simple and substantive justice: ―if you‘ve been on this land for a long time and there is good evidence of that then you should be compensated for losing it. 2. Squatters Permanent improvements they have made to the land they have occupied Observance of permanent improvements; questioning the squatter and neighbors on when improvement made; consulting maps and other relevant documents The objective here is to compensate the squatter for expenditure on the land but not for the of the land itself 3. Agricultural tenants Loss of income cash compensation corresponding to one year‘s crop yield of land lost. A fair approximation of loss of income 4. Sharecroppers Loss of income Their share of the harvest at additional compensation market rates plus one Ditto to above
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