CESCR General Comments No 4 -7 on the right to adequate housing

General Comments No.  4 and 7 of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights provides an authoritative interpretation of the Article 11.1 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the right to adequate housing  and forced evictions. Each of the UN treaty bodies publishes its interpretation of the provisions of its respective human rights treaty in the form of “general comments” or “general recommendations”. These cover a wide range of subjects, from the compre­hensive interpretation of rights, principles and substantive provisions to general guidance on the information that should be submitted in national reports relating to specific articles of the treaties. 

This document was translated and published within the frame of the project “Protecting human rights of vulnerable groups in Azerbaijan”, funded by European Union and implemented by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).