38. Apart from incorporating the rights into national legislation, legislative measures further include laying down effective and adequately resourced mechanisms and institutions to supervise and enforce the necessary fiscal, environmental, labor and human rights protection standards that give effect to these rights. The “other measures” that States should take under Article 1 to give effect to these rights additionally include provision of relevant administrative and judicial mechanisms for seeking remedies in cases of violations. States are required to adopt national policies, strategies and plans geared towards the realization of all the rights. These should be accompanied by budgetary measures. These are the measures that make available the required resources for the implementation of the legislative and policy measures. 39. Complementing the obligations under Article 1, States are also regarded as having the general obligation of advocating for the rights guaranteed. This is stipulated under Article 25 of the African Charter. In this context, the measures of relevance for purposes of Articles 21 and 24 are advocacy works involving educational and awareness-raising activities, for example through the incorporation of specific topics into the curriculum of law studies, development studies, and international relations/political science studies at tertiary level. In this regard, States should enable advocacy for rights and that there should be protective measures in place for human rights defenders and members of affected communities to exercise and advocate for their rights, without fear of harassment, restriction, or barriers to justice. 40. In the SERAC case, the African Commission identified the specific obligations arising from the provisions guaranteeing the rights in the Charter as entailing duties of respect, protection, promotion and fulfillment. The duty to respect imposes negative obligations on the State to refrain from interfering in or causing interference in the rights guaranteed under Articles 21 and 24. This means that State agents or anyone acting on behalf of the State or exercising public authority should avoid actions restricting or curtailing the rights in these articles. In essence, these actors should exercise care in the discharge of their responsibilities or in undertaking their activities to avoid causing harm. State Reporting Guidelines and Principles  | 31

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