U.N. General Comment and Fact Sheets
Every country has some legal obligation to respect and
protect the human right to adequate housing, and by inference not to sponsor,
tolerate or carry out forced evictions. Human rights law is central in the
quest to protect people from the frequent violence and despair so commonly
associated with the eviction process.
The overwhelming majority of forced evictions amount to
gross and systematic violations of fundamental internationally recognized human
rights.
Included in this document are:
- a
general comment from the U.N. on the right to adequate housing and forced
evictions; and
- fact
sheets on human rights and forced evictions
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