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VII. MONITORING, EVALUATION AND FOLLOW-UP
69.
States should actively monitor and carry out quantitative and qualitative evaluations to
determine the number, type and long-term consequences of evictions, including forced evictions,
that occur within their jurisdiction and territory of effective control. Monitoring reports and
findings should be made available to the public and concerned international parties in order to
promote the development of best practices and problem-solving experiences based on lessons
learned.
70.
States should entrust an independent national body, such as a national human rights
institution, to monitor and investigate forced evictions and State compliance with these
guidelines and international human rights law.
VIII. ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, INCLUDING
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
71.
The international community bears an obligation to promote, protect and fulfil the human
right to housing, land and property. International financial, trade, development and other related
institutions and agencies, including member or donor States that have voting rights within such
bodies, should take fully into account the prohibition on forced evictions under international
human rights law and related standards.
72.
International organizations should establish or accede to complaint mechanisms for cases
of forced evictions that result from their own practices and policies. Legal remedies should be
provided to victims in accordance with those stipulated in these guidelines.
73.
Transnational corporations and other business enterprises must respect the human right to
adequate housing, including the prohibition on forced evictions, within their respective spheres
of activity and influence.
IX. INTERPRETATION
74.
These guidelines on development-based evictions and displacement shall not be
interpreted as limiting, altering or otherwise prejudicing the rights recognized under international
human rights, refugee, criminal or humanitarian law and related standards, or rights consistent
with these laws and standards as recognized under any national law.
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