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41.
The Committee recommends that the State party adopt a national human rights plan of
action, and report back in its next periodic report on how the plan promotes and protects
economic, social and cultural rights in the State party. In this connection, the Committee
recommends that the State party consider establishing a national commission for human rights on
the basis of the Paris Principles.
42.
The Committee urges the State party to ensure that legal and judicial training takes full
account of the justiciability of the rights contained in the Covenant and promotes the use of the
Covenant as a source of law in domestic courts. The Committee draws the attention of the
State party to general comment No. 9 on the domestic application of the Covenant and invites
the State party to include information concerning case law on the application of the Covenant in
its next periodic report.
43.
The Committee requests the State party to provide in its next periodic report detailed
information on the public consultation process in the preparation of the report, including a listing
of all civic organizations or non-governmental organizations consulted. The Committee urges
the State party to bear in mind that public consultation is a requirement in the reporting process,
the objective of which is to inform the general public and to generate interest and debate on the
steps the State party has undertaken in fulfilling its treaty obligations under the Covenant.
44.
The Committee encourages the State party to submit in its next periodic report relevant
updated and periodically collected statistical data disaggregated by sex, age and urban/rural
region, paying particular attention to the disadvantaged and marginalized groups of society.
Such comparative information will enable the Committee and the State party itself to monitor
and evaluate the progressive implementation of the rights enshrined in the Covenant.
45.
The Committee calls upon the State party to undertake necessary measures to ensure that
all persons under its jurisdiction enjoy economic, social and cultural rights enshrined in the
Covenant without discrimination. In addition, the Committee urges the State party to ensure that
its asylum procedures do not discriminate, in purpose or in effect, against asylum-seekers on the
basis of race, colour or ethnic or national origin, as provided for under article 2, paragraph 2, of
the Covenant. The Committee recommends that the State party consider adopting subsidiary
forms of protection to guarantee the right to remain for persons who are not formally recognized
as refugees but are seeking asylum and nevertheless require protection during that period, and
granting the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and humanitarian organizations
access to them. The Committee requests the State party to provide, in its next periodic report,
detailed information in this regard, including measurable progress achieved as well as difficulties
encountered.
46.
The Committee calls upon the State party to implement its decision to dismantle the
hukou system of national household registration and to ensure that in any system that replaces it,
internal migrants will be able to enjoy the same work, social security, housing, health and
education benefits enjoyed by those in the urban areas.
47.
The Committee recommends that the State party adopt effective measures to ensure equal
opportunities for persons with disabilities, especially in the fields of employment, social security,
education and health, to provide for more appropriate living conditions for persons with
disabilities and to allocate adequate resources for improving the treatment of, and care for,