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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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