NATIONAL ACTION PLANS AND POLICIES
5. Provide summaries of national plans and policies and indicate how these
were developed, demonstrating public participation, how they were being
implemented and what steps have been taken to monitor such
implementation, including disaggregated statistics where appropriate.
NON DISCRIMINATION IN THE ENJOYMENT OF RIGHTS
6. Provide information on legislative and practical steps taken to ensure
enjoyment of the rights on a non-discriminatory basis by members of
vulnerable or marginalised groups as defined in the Principles and
Guidelines. Reports should particularly indicate what steps have been taken
to ensure gender equality.
CONTENT OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
7. The following issues should be considered as priorities in the initial and
periodic reports for each of the rights protected under the African Charter:
A. Right to Property
i)
Report on legislative and practical measures taken to ensure peaceful
enjoyment of property.
ii)
Indicate the laws that govern the terms and conditions for the
acquisition, nationalisation or expropriation of property to ensure that
this is conducted transparently, in the public interest.
iii)
Indicate what measures have been taken to ensure that
compensation for public acquisition of property fairly balances the
rights of the individual and the wider interests of society.
iv)
Indicate what measures have been taken to ensure that members of
vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, including indigenous
populations/communities, where applicable, who are victims of
historical land injustices, have independent access to and use of land
and the right to reclaim their ancestral rights, and are adequately
compensated for both historical and current destruction or alienation
of wealth and resources.
v)
Indicate what steps have been taken to ensure equitable and nondiscriminatory access, acquisition, ownership, inheritance and control
of land and housing, especially by women and members of low
income groups.
B. Right to Work
i)
Indicate what legislative and administrative measures have been
taken to prohibit slavery, forced labour, and child labour. Provide
information on measures taken to prevent the economic exploitation
of members of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups. Include details
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