n) Legislative provisions which ensure equal representation of women in legislative and decision-making fora and consultations; o) Information on the applicable procedures for granting of concessions or licenses for exploration and extraction of resources, including consultation with and participation of all affected people in decision-making, prior to and during environmental, human rights and social impact assessments; p) Information on legal requirements that ensure to have access to information on all aspects of exploration and extraction plans including the findings of such assessments ahead of the finalization of such plans; q) Availability of established mechanisms or approaches for incorporating and addressing the concerns of affected people including the possibility of challenging the decisions in court; r) Provision of legal guarantees that enable and support selforganization of affected people for their effective participation including through traditional governance bodies and the advocacy and capacity development support of community based and civilsociety organizations; Human rights compliance in relation to large- and small-scale extractive industries s) The availability of transparency, environmental, and labour standards that ensure that companies engaged in the extractive industries operate in compliance with human rights standards; t) Provision of data showing measures taken by the State to enforce compliance with these standards; u) Requirements for and availability of technically equipped and wellresourced regulatory bodies mandated to undertaking monitoring and reviewing of the compliance of the extractive industries with their obligations under the licensing agreement and the governing legal standards particularly those relating to transparency (anticorruption), labour and fiscal (tax) responsibilities of companies; v) Legislation ensuring strict regulation of the use by extractive companies of private security companies which interfere with the responsibilities of national and local security forces and create tension with host communities; w) Provisions for regulation, monitoring and providing support for 14 |  African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights