Development projects, evictions or displacement

Development projects, evictions or displacement
Failure to prevent or offer reasonable and adequate compensation

Type of entry: Potential Violation

International agencies should scrupulously avoid involvement in projects which ... involve large-scale evictions or displacement of persons without the provision of all appropriate protection and compensation CESCR/GC 2(6)

Broader Terms:

Self-determination, natural wealth and resources, subsistence
Self-determination
Development, economic social and cultural
Development assistance
Development projects

Related Terms:

Resettlement

Other Related Terms (keywords):

International agencies

See ESC right:

Development, economic social and cultural

Relevant ICESCR Articles:

01(1): All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.