A/HRC/2/7 page 15 numerous international human rights requirements. As stated by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 1993/77, forced evictions constitute “gross violations of human rights, in particular the right to adequate housing”.72 62. The destruction of thousands of homes forced many displaced families to live in situations marked by high density, lack of access to water, sanitation, electricity, health care and generally insecure housing and living conditions.73 Others were forced to live in the open in places such as the Samaya Garden. This impacted on the well-being of individuals and families and contributed to mental health problems, especially among women and children. 63. One of the requirements of the right to the highest attainable standard of health is that health care be accessible to all, including children, the elderly, women, people with disabilities, and other especially vulnerable individuals and groups.74 During the conflict, the remaining inhabitants of a number of villages in South Lebanon became extremely isolated, seriously jeopardizing their access to elementary health care. While many inhabitants fled, most of those remaining were elderly or people with disabilities.75 Their acute vulnerability was compounded by the security situation, which made it dangerous for anyone to travel.76 The destruction of roads and bridges made it very difficult for the villages to be reached by emergency medical and other services. If pre-packaged emergency medical kits reached the isolated communities, the contents of the kits did not always cater for the distinctive chronic health problems of the elderly (e.g. hypertension and diabetes), although agencies tried to supplement the kits as necessary. Inhabitants who were able to leave their villages to seek medical care often found the local health clinics destroyed, damaged or closed (see para. 47 above). During hostilities, access to mental health care became a major issue: in the last week of the conflict, Médecins sans Frontières reported that 20-30 per cent of all its consultations related to mental health problems.77 These isolated communities of especially vulnerable people also suffered from a lack of other elements of the right to the highest attainable standard of health, including access to water (see para. 89 below). Although the problem of access to basic health care was especially grave in relation to these isolated rural communities, the problem extended beyond these villages. 64. The same communities also suffered from severe problems relating to denials of the right to adequate housing, such as access to potable water, sanitation and electricity. 65. The military operations caused large-scale displacement. According to official government figures, 974,184 persons were displaced by the conflict, an estimated 128,760 of whom were accommodated in schools and other public buildings. An estimated 220,000 fled to the Syrian Arab Republic and other countries while the rest remained in Lebanon. A total of 128,760 IDPs were accommodated in schools or with families or friends78 and 200,000 remain displaced because Israeli military operations damaged or destroyed their homes.79 66. While some IDPs left on their own initiative, others were warned by IDF which dropped leaflets from planes or made individual telephone calls (see para. 41 above).80 International human rights law prohibits arbitrary displacement - a notion which includes displacement in situations of armed conflict - which is not warranted by the need to ensure the security of the civilians involved or imperative military reasons.81 The principle of precaution requires each party to the conflict to give effective advance warning of attacks which may affect the civilian