E/C.12/BDI/CO/1 12. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Conduct independent, impartial enquiries into all alleged cases of corruption, at all levels, and bring those responsible to justice; (b) Ensure that the provisions with regard to senior government officials declaring their personal wealth upon assumption and finalization of their duties are fully observed; (c) Protect whistle-blowers and witnesses from reprisals of any type; (d) Ensure that victims of corruption receive compensation; (e) Take action to sensitize its civil servants, judges and legislators to the need to move towards the complete elimination of corruption. Public funding 13. The Committee is concerned by the weak levels of funding allocated to programmes aimed at ensuring the realization of economic, social and cultural rights (art. 2). 14. The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to implement a fiscal policy that is suited to needs, progressive and socially just, including by improving tax collection levels and thereby ensuring the availability of resources for the realization of economic, social and cultural rights. It also recommends that the State party review its allowable tax exemptions, inasmuch as they reduce tax revenue, and that it prepare all fiscal reforms and budget proposals using a transparent, participatory approach, allocating the maximum resources possible to the exercise of rights under the Covenant. Non-discrimination 15. The Committee is concerned that there is no comprehensive anti-discrimination law applying to all the areas covered by the Covenant. It is also concerned by the lack of legislative and other measures to eliminate discrimination against the Batwa, persons with albinism and persons with disabilities, in particula r with regard to ensuring the effective exercise of their economic, social and cultural rights (art. 2, para. 2). 16. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Enact a comprehensive anti-discrimination law in line with article 2, paragraph 2, of the Covenant and general comment No. 20 (2009) on nondiscrimination in economic, social and cultural rights with a view to prohibiting direct and indirect discrimination on any grounds in all the areas covered by the Covenant; (b) Guarantee effective remedies for victims of discrimination, including the possibility of redress; (c) Prevent and effectively combat — through such means as awareness campaigns and affirmative action — the ongoing discrimination against the Batwa, persons with albinism and persons with disabilities as well as all other disadvantaged or marginalized individuals and groups in order to guarantee their unrestricted exercise of all the rights recognized in the Covenant. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation 17. The Committee is concerned by the definition of homosexuality as a crime in the Criminal Code and by Ministerial Order No. 620/613 of 7 June 2011, whereby GE.15-18000 3/10