The right to adequate housing in disaster relief efforts 2011, para. 45
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Such examples could be seen as "constructive forced evictions". In such cases, international standards pertaining to forced eviction or arbitrary displacement apply. When forced eviction has been proved, people should have access to remedies, including to a fair hearing, access to legal counsel and to receiving reparation, such as housing or land restitution, adequate compensation, or alternative housing/land if they so choose.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Movement
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2011
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the UNGA (2011), A/66/270, para. 45.