Many instances of forced eviction are associated with violence, such as evictions resulting from international armed conflicts, internal strife and communal or ethnic violence.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Social & Cultural Rights
Violence
Year
1997
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CESCR General Comment No. 7, Forced evictions (1997), para. 6.