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in compliance with international law. In this regard, the Committee refers the State
party to its general comment No. 7 (1997) on forced evictions.
The Committee recommends that the State party build more public housing and
facilitate access to adequate housing in rural areas, including by promoting the use of
safe and durable construction materials. In addition, the Committee urges the State
party to assess the impact of the use of environmentally friendly materials on indoor
air pollution in homes. The Committee refers the State party to its general comment
No. 4 (1991) on the right to adequate housing.
27.
The Committee is concerned by the fact that, due to price increases, a growing
number of households in the State party are unable to afford the foodstuffs needed for an
adequate diet. The Committee also notes with concern that, despite the progress achieved
by the State party, food insecurity and malnutrition still affect the majority of the
population (art. 11).
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Invest in a system to monitor and evaluate the enjoyment of the right to
adequate food;
(b)
Take the structural and regulatory measures needed for the effective
implementation of Act No. 28/AN/08/6 L on protection, the suppression of fraud and
consumer protection in order to ensure the right of all persons to accessible food;
(c)
Adopt a multisectoral approach in the effort to combat food insecurity
and malnutrition, based on strengthening household resilience and coping
mechanisms and taking into account geographical, socioeconomic and cultural
contexts;
(d)
Ensure that the initiatives planned by the State party to reduce food
insecurity, such as leasing farmland in neighbouring countries, do not impede the
enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights by local communities in those areas;
and
(e)
Encourage the development of local solution, such as agriculture and
livestock farming in rural areas.
28.
The Committee notes with concern the lack of adequate drinking water in the State
party, which affects certain communities more acutely, despite water supply efforts (arts. 11
and 12).
The Committee recommends that the State party recognize the right to water in its
legislation, adopt a general water plan based on this right and regularly follow up its
implementation to ensure that the right is exercised without discrimination and to
ensure that water is available, accessible and of acceptable quality. The Committee
also calls on the State party to speed up the implementation of projects to develop
infrastructure for the collection of surface water and rainwater and the desalination
of sea water. In addition, the Committee recommends that the State party involve the
population groups and communities concerned in the process of identifying their
water needs and solutions to those needs, such as drilling new boreholes and restoring
public supply points, so as to ensure that these solutions are acceptable and longlasting. The Committee draws the State party’s attention to its general comment No.
15 (2002) on the right to water.
29.
The Committee is concerned about reports of intensive fishing in the State party’s
territorial waters (art. 11).
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