THE MY HOME APP 57. The World Restitution Agency’s national focus would include its staff directly capturing restitution data from displaced persons and government agencies. The data collection would assist in identifying the severity of restitution issues and the consequential impact on the legal system. Overall, the data would provide the underlying logic for a holistic approach on what the requisite advocacy approach should be. Pursuant to the Pinheiro Principles, the World Restitution Agency would disseminate the insights gained from the data collection through releasing reports underpinned by rigorous data analysis, conducting advocacy, and providing best practice recommendations. 58. A novel feature of the WRA is that it would provide meaningful and relevant best practice recommendations and expertise on how to develop national housing, land and property restitution rights and mechanisms. This would occur through its data collection and advanced data analysis capabilities. Collection of data and provision of information would occur directly with everyone throughout the world who had what they felt to be an unresolved restitution claim. A mobile application - the My Home App - would collect relevant restitution data directly from claimants through their individual or family use of the App. Similarly, a national government liaison would be identified in all states from where claims stemmed who would also collect data from various State agencies and databases. The collected data from both States and claimants would be stored in a single database, which would allow the WRA to conduct meaningful research and gain valuable insights in the validity of claims. Insight capabilities will increase over time through the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence models. Such models could identify the principal drivers that relate to restitution claims in order to predict where restitution could be a significant issue and how large restitution issues could be. 59. Any new WRA would host, manage and promote the use of the My Home App. This App would enable refugees and IDPs everywhere to create their own case files for what they subjectively see as unresolved HLP restitution claims and to formulate their own individual/ family claims on HLP resources they left behind in their places of origin. In using the App, the user will be presented with a list of questions concerning their HLP circumstances at the time of flight and be asked to accurately answer these questions. Once this HLP data is placed into the App, a case number will be created that will be unique to the person/family submitting the claim, and the user will create a unique password enabling them to save their data and complete the questions at a later time or to revise the data inputted. The App will enable users to upload any documentary evidence they may have proving their HLP claims (title deeds, purchase contracts, cadastral records, tax receipts, photographs, neighbour witness statements, street address, land size, etc). Once all relevant data has been submitted, the App will then store the information in a secure/non-public database, managed by a still to be determined international organisation. The user’s specific information can be retrieved, as a report or in relation to the individual files uploaded, and edited, and/or revised by the user at any time. Under management by the WRA, users will agree to have their HLP claims sent to any eventual restitution procedure determined by the donor to be credible and trustworthy.
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