Annotation:
General Comment 7 by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights provides clarification on the right to adequate housing. Within the Comment, the Committee defines the term "forced evictions" and describes the extent of forced evictions globally. The Committee notes that the practice of forced evictions is linked to other human rights violations, such as the right to life, security of the person, non-interference with privacy, family and home and the right to the peaceful enjoyment of possessions. The comment specifically notes the vulnerability of women to forced evictions and links this to the persistent statutory discrimination of women's ownership of property.