10. SERAP asserts further that these various initiatives were reflected in the recent work of the UN Human Rights Council, in view of the impact of poverty on human rights, and notes that in July 2012, the Special Rapporteur Sepulveda on Human Carmona, Rights submitted and her Extreme final Poverty, report on Magdalena the Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights to the Human Rights Council, which Principles, according to SERAP, significantly underscores that poverty is not just an economic or developmental matter but also a crucial human rights issue, and that poverty is not an inevitable problem but something "created, enabled and perpetuated by acts and omissions of States and other economic actors". 11.0n the definition of the term poverty, SERAP refers to the meaning espoused by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which defines poverty as "a human condition characterized by sustained or chronic deprivation of the resuurces, capabilities, choices, security and power necessary for the enjoyment of an adequate standard of living".' 12. SERAP therefore submits that there is a strong relationship between poverty, under-development and lack of respect for human rights guaranteed under the African Charter, noting that this proposition is buttressed by the consensus reached at the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna in 1993, that extreme poverty and social exclusion should be regarded as violations of human dignity and human rights. See SERAP'S submissions of 12 January, 2016, citing General Comment No.8 of the UN CommiHee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 'subslanlive issues arising in the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Statement adopted by the Committee on 4 May, 2001. UN Doc E/C. 12/2001110. 3 Page 5 of 19