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The Committee recommends that the State party take whatever steps are required to
guarantee the right to effective remedies in the event of violations of Covenant rights.
The Committee strongly urges the State party to establish a system of legal aid. The
Committee also recommends that it provide information on economic, social and
cultural rights and their justiciability to the population and to the members of the
judicial branch.
9.
The Committee regrets the absence of reliable statistics that would allow for an
accurate assessment of the fulfilment of economic, social and cultural rights in the State
party.
The Committee calls upon the State party to include data collection and the
production and use of statistics for human rights indicators, including for economic,
social and cultural rights, in its National Strategy for the Development of Statistics. In
this respect, the Committee refers the State party to the conceptual and
methodological framework for human rights indicators that was developed by the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee
requests that the State party include in its next periodic report comparative annual
statistics on the exercise of each of the Covenant rights. These statistics should be
broken down by age, sex, rural/urban population, ethnic origin and other relevant
criteria.
10.
The Committee notes with concern that the budget allocations for social sectors are
insufficient, and that this impedes the steady realization of the economic, social and cultural
rights set forth in the Covenant (art. 2, para. 1).
The Committee urges the State party to increase to the extent possible the budgets
allocated to social sectors such as housing, food, health and education and to the
Ministry of Human Rights, in keeping with its obligation to make the most of its
available resources, in particular by making use of the resources freed up by debt
relief operations. The Committee draws the attention of the State party to its general
comment No. 3 (1990) on the nature of States parties’ obligations.
11.
The Committee considers the prevalence of corruption in the administration of the
State party to be a matter of concern (art. 2, para. 1).
The Committee recommends that the State party redouble its efforts to combat
corruption and related impunity, and to ensure transparency in the conduct of public
affairs, in law and in practice. The Committee also recommends that the State party
adopt an anti-corruption law and enforce compliance with article 145 of the
Constitution on the declaration of property and assets. The Committee further
recommends that the State party take measures to draw the attention of politicians,
members of parliament and national and local officials to the economic and social
costs of corruption, and of judges, prosecutors and members of law enforcement
agencies to the importance of the strict application of the law.
12.
The Committee notes with concern that certain provisions of the State party’s
legislation discriminate against persons with disabilities, such as those of article 23 of
Ordinance No. 1 of 4 January 1968, concerning the general civil service regulations, on the
conditions of physical aptitude required for recruitment to the civil service. The Committee
further notes with concern that persons with disabilities in the State party find themselves
socially excluded, including on account of behavioural and physical barriers. The
Committee also considers it regrettable that the State party has not supplied reliable and
complete data either regarding the number of persons with disabilities or on their enjoyment
of economic, social and cultural rights (art. 2, para. 2).
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