E/C.12/GNQ/CO/1 (d) The adoption of various measures to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS, notably a law on the prevention of sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS and the protection of the human rights of the people concerned. C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations 11. The Committee regrets the lack of comprehensive, up-to-date, disaggregated data on the enjoyment of the economic, social and cultural rights enshrined in the Covenant and notes that this has a detrimental effect on the State party’s ability to design and implement public policies regarding those rights. The Committee urges the State party to strengthen its data-collection system and to compile, as soon as possible, up-to-date annual comparative statistics and statistical analyses concerning the enjoyment of the rights recognized in the Covenant. This information should meet international standards of accuracy and be disaggregated by age, sex, urban/rural population and other relevant characteristics. Special attention should be devoted to the situation of the most disadvantaged and marginalized persons or groups, such as persons with disabilities and persons with HIV/AIDS. The Committee requests the State party to include in its initial report the data that it collects and the annual comparative statistical analyses that it conducts regarding the rights enshrined in the Covenant, as well as an indication of the impact of the measures that it has taken to guarantee the full enjoyment of these rights and the results obtained. 12. The Committee regrets that the information supplied to it has not made clear what the precise legal status of the Covenant is in the domestic legal system or whether the domestic courts have invoked it in their decisions. The Committee requests the State party to ensure that its initial report clarifies the legal status of the Covenant in the domestic legal system and includes information on domestic case law concerning the implementation of the Covenant. In this regard, the Committee draws the State party’s attention to its general comment No. 9 (1998), on the domestic application of the Covenant. 13. The Committee recommends that the State party allocate the maximum amount of its available resources for social services and assistance with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of the economic, social and cultural rights recognized in the Covenant, in accordance with article 2, paragraph 1, of the Covenant. In this connection, the Committee encourages the State party to honour its commitment to raise the percentage of its budget devoted to the social sector in the coming fiscal year. In addition, the Committee recommends that the State party redouble its efforts to combat corruption and to ensure the transparency of Government action with a view to preventing the diversion of public resources and bringing those responsible to justice. It also recommends that the State party take the necessary steps to make public officials at both the national and local levels aware of the economic and social costs of corruption and to make judges, prosecutors and members of the security forces aware of the importance of strictly enforcing anti-corruption laws. The Committee requests the State party to provide annual figures in its initial report on the percentage of the national budget devoted to the social sector. The Committee also requests the State party to provide information on the content and scope of the Equatorial Guinea Horizon 2020 Plan and the Social Development Fund and on the progress made and results achieved thanks to their implementation. GE.12-48675 3