Appendix 2: Links to Important Documents

The following important documents on the laws and policies relevant to forced evictions can be found online:

The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights:
http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/cescr.htm

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights:
http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm

The U.N. Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights’ “General Comment 4: The Right to Adequate Housing”:
http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/comments.htm

The U.N. Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights’ General Comment’s “General Comment 7: The Right to Adequate Housing: Forced Evictions”:
http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/comments.htm

Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing’s “Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-Based Evictions and Displacement,” E/CN.4/2006/41, March 14, 2006:
http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/housing/annual.htm

The Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights’ “Fact Sheet No.25, Forced Evictions and Human Rights”:
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/fs25.htm

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation’s “Environmental and Social Guidelines”:
http://www.jbic.go.jp/english/environ/guide/eguide/pdf/guide.pdf

September 2006