E/C.12/TGO/CO/1 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). GE.13-44283 3

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