(vii) Review all national policies, which undermine the realisation of specific economic, social and cultural rights; (viii) Provide reports under article 62 of the Charter on how far they have gone in making economic, social and cultural rights both accessible and non discriminatory; (ix) Adopt measures for the prudent use of resources, including the investigation of affordable alternatives for health drugs e.g. generic vs. patent medicines (x) Ensure effective citizen participation in government through credible electoral processes, liberalisation of the mass media and in the formulation of legislation and policies; (xi) Adopt special measures for women and address the economic, social and cultural rights of vulnerable and marginalised groups including children, indigenous peoples, displaced persons, refugees, persons living with HIV/AIDS and the disabled; (xii) Develop mechanisms to hold non-state actors especially multi-national corporations and businesses accountable for violations of economic, social and cultural rights in such matters relating to child labour, industrial safety standards, protection against forced evictions and low wages, protection of the environment, including global warming and its impact on ecosystems, livelihood and food security; (xiii) Strengthen the capacity of state institutions to produce disaggregate data that would provide an accurate assessment of the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights; (xiv) Promulgate and implement comprehensive ICT policies and programmes; (xv) Consult with civil society organisations in the nomination and election of members of the African Commission and judges of the African Court; (xvi) Ratify the Protocol on the African Human Rights Court and make the declaration under article 34(6) of the Protocol allowing individuals and nongovernmental organisations to file cases, if they have not done so; (xvii) Nominate and elect judges of the African Human Rights Court so that it may be established without further delay; (xviii) Take necessary measures to reduce military spending significantly in favour of increasing spending on the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights; (xix) Ensure that economic, social and cultural rights take primacy in the negotiations of bilateral and multilateral trade and economic agreements; (xx) Create independent, impartial and well-resourced national human rights institutions and if they already exist to strengthen their independence and impartiality. (b) The African Union should: (i) Urge member states that have not done so, to ratify the human rights treaties mentioned in the Preamble, in particular the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa;