A/HRC/2/7 page 33 had more than 5 floors); and 131 buildings with “visible damage as debris”, of which 113 in Haret Horaik. They estimate the impacted population for all of Beirut as up to 30,000 (p. 12). 69 Human Rights Watch, op. cit., p. 32. 70 See note 3 above. 71 For international humanitarian law prohibitions on displacement of civilian populations, see article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, article 52 of Additional Protocol I and article 17 of Additional Protocol II. 72 See also general comment No. 4 (1991) and No. 7 (1997) of CESCR in which the Committe states (para. 5) that “Although the practice of forced evictions might appear to occur primarily in heavily populated urban areas, it also takes place in connection with forced population transfers, internal displacement, forced relocations in the context of armed conflict, mass exoduses and refugee movements. In all of these contexts, the right to adequate housing and not to be subjected to forced eviction may be violated through a wide range of acts or omissions attributable to States parties. Even in situations where it may be necessary to impose limitations on such a right, full compliance with article 4 of the Covenant is required so that any limitations imposed must be “determined by law only insofar as this may be compatible with the nature of these (i.e. economic, social and cultural) rights and solely for the purpose of promoting the general welfare in a democratic society’”. 73 On the content of adequate housing and living conditions, see CESCR general comment No. 4 (1991), para 8. Also see CESCR general comment No. 15 (2002), para 22. For a discussion on the impact of forced evictions on women and on children, see the report of the Special Rapporteur, Miloon Kothari, submitted to the Commission on Human Rights at its sixtieth session (E/CN.4/2004/48), paras. 41-61. 74 See, for example, ICESCR, articles 2(1), 3 and 12, and CESCR general comment No. 14 (2000), para. 12, as well as CRC article 24. It is very difficult to assess some vital dimensions of the confict’s impact on health because Lebanon does not have an adequate national health information system. It is not known, for example, how many of the reported casualties were severely or lightly wounded. 75 Recently completed and sent to the General Assembly for adoption, the Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (A/AC.265/2007/2, annex II) includes the following preambular paragraph: “(s) Concerned that situations of armed conflict and the occurrence of natural disasters have considerably increased the experience of disability in war stricken and disaster prone countries, as well as having especially devastating consequences for the human rights of persons with disabilities.” 76 Additionally, some reported that there was no effective system of safe passage or “humanitarian corridors” in the south. See e.g. Médecins sans frontières, “Humanitarian corridor into south Lebanon is a delusion”, 1 August 2006.

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