As stated in his 2004 report, the Special Rapporteur, while acknowledging the previous standards on forced evictions by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (in its general comment No. 7) and the Sub-Commission (in its comprehensive human rights guidelines on development-based displacement), was of the view that the existing standards could be further strengthened and put forward in more operational terms.
As stated in his 2004 report, the Special Rapporteur, while acknowledging the previous standards on forced evictions by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (in its general comment No. 7) and the Sub-Commission (in its comprehensive human rights guidelines on development-based displacement), was of the view that the existing standards could be further strengthened and put forward in more operational terms.