E/C.12/PRY/CO/4 Bearing in mind its general comment No. 19 (2008) on the right to social security (art. 9 of the Covenant) and the ILO Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202), the Committee urges the State party to continue its efforts to develop a social security system that will guarantee broad social coverage and appropriate benefits for all workers and all underprivileged persons and families so that they may enjoy decent living conditions. The Committee also urges the State party to step up its efforts to define minimum social protection floors that include basic social security guarantees. Child labour 23. The Committee is concerned that child labour remains widespread in the State party, particularly in the agricultural sector and in domestic work through the practice of criadazgo (exploitation of child domestic workers) (art. 10). The Committee exhorts the State party to step up the fight against child labour by, inter alia, ensuring that the law protecting children against economic exploitation is vigorously enforced and strengthening child labour oversight mechanisms. The Committee recommends that the State party adopt measures to strengthen prevention programmes and eliminate the economic exploitation of children. Poverty 24. The Committee is concerned about the persistently high rates of poverty and, especially, extreme poverty in the State party, which especially affect indigenous peoples and persons living in rural areas. The Committee is also concerned that agrarian reform policies have not been adequately implemented, which has an impact on the persistent inequality in income and wealth in the State party, particularly among persons living in rural areas (art. 11). In the light of its statement on poverty and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2001), the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Intensify its efforts to combat poverty and, especially, extreme poverty, ensure that existing social programmes in this domain are implemented using a human rights-based approach, are allocated sufficient resources for implementation and pay due attention to the disparities and gaps between urban and rural areas; (b) Adopt effective measures to fight inequality, taking into account the needs of the most underprivileged and marginalized population groups, in particular indigenous peoples and persons living in rural areas; (c) Take the steps needed to ensure the effective, transparent and participatory implementation of agrarian reform, which, according to the State party’s Constitution, is one of the key elements in achieving rural well-being. Impact of soybean cultivation 25. The Committee repeats its previously expressed concern (E/C.12/PRY/CO/3, para. 16), particularly regarding the adverse effects of extensive soybean cultivation in the State party, especially in terms of environmental degradation, the indiscriminate use of toxic agrochemicals, contamination of the water supply and food insecurity (arts. 11 and 12). The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (E/C.12/PRY/CO/3, para. 27) and urges the State party to take the measures needed to ensure that soybean cultivation does not undermine the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, especially the right to a decent standard of living and to food, water and health. The Committee further urges the State party to put in place an effective legal framework GE.15-04384E 7