ACHPR African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights the individual's right to be left alone and to live in peace not.68 Human Rights our Collective Hesponsibltitv whether under a roof or 193. In General Comment No. 19 on the Protection of the Family, the Right to Marriage and Equality of the Spouses made under Article 23 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN Human Rights Committee clarified the obligation of the State to adopt legislative, administrative and other measures to protect the family and to avoid any action that will negatively affect the family unit, including the arbitrary separation of family members and involuntary displacement of families.s? 194. This Commission cites with approval its decision inthe SudanrHuma'lj.<ights Organisation case/" and in Union inter Africaine des droiis de l'Homine, Federation Internationale des Ligues des droits de l'Homme and others v.o:*ngola/1 were the Commission found that massive forced expulsion - whether in peace time or war time - of populations has a negative effect on the enjoyment of the right to family life. In both cases, the Commission noted that the Respondent State had violated Article 18(1) of the African Charter by separating families. 195. In the present case, it is the Commission's opinion that the destruction of civilian residences had the same: effect of destroying family life and separating family due to the ensuing displacement and dispersal of families. It is reported by notable humanitarian actors including~he UN that a majority of those affected by the forced displacement are women and children, including thousands of children of school age from Abu Kershola and surrounding villages in South Kordofan and Blue Nile. 196. The Commission finds that the natural negative effect of the forced displacement of civilians from civil centres and structures and the continued impact of the conflict in areas habited by civilians is the unwarranted separation of families and the violation of the peaceful and quiet enjoyment of family and civil life. The Commission finds that the forced displacement of civilians in both South Kordofan and Blue Nile constituted a violation of Article 18(1) of the African Charter. An Organ of the AfriQan ((~)) Union ~~;lrv.