A/HRC/15/41 • G. Recommend that States implement public information campaigns to reach persons living in poverty and inform them of their rights, as well as relevant services and programmes aimed at reducing poverty. Ensuring accountability and the right to an effective remedy 51. The principle of accountability is closely linked to the rights of victims to effective access to justice,33 effective remedies34 and the opportunity for all elements of reparation (restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition).35 Accountability should be viewed in a broader sense, relating to both providing redress and correcting failures to prevent future harm. Persons living in extreme poverty are frequently unable to demand and claim their human rights, seek redress and hold accountable individuals and institutions for measures that violate their human rights. Without accountability and redress mechanisms, social programmes are less likely to be understood as entitlements that are linked to human rights and are more likely to be viewed as instruments of charity that political actors can manipulate. Lack of accountability also perpetuates malpractice and ineffectiveness. 52. A revised version of the draft guiding principles should: • Recommend measures to ensure those responsible for actions and omissions that undermine or jeopardize the human rights of persons living in extreme poverty are held accountable through judicial, quasi-judicial, administrative and political mechanisms. This includes strengthening and making accessible both formal and informal monitoring, complaints, appeal and oversight mechanisms to which persons living in poverty can safely address their concerns and seek redress in cases of violations. • Recommend that strategies, policies, services and programmes designed to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of persons living in extreme poverty are monitored and evaluated on a regular basis. Section 2: Overarching policy guidelines H. Ensuring that persons living in extreme poverty are identified and reached by public policies, programmes and interventions 53. The principles of equality and non-discrimination require public policies to identify and prioritize disadvantaged and marginalized individuals and groups. This is particularly relevant when resources are insufficient to ensure assistance to the totality of the population. Priority must be given to persons living in extreme poverty to ensure that they enjoy their civil and political rights and at the very least a minimum core content of all economic, social and cultural rights. To adequately establish priorities and attend to the needs of these individuals and groups, States must have adequate information about who 33 34 35 Ibid., article 14. Ibid., article 2 (3). Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law, General Assembly resolution 60/147. 13