E. Right to Culture i) Indicate how national plans and policies adopted and implemented by the State to ensure that the right to culture protects positive African values consistent with international human rights standards. ii) Indicate what measures have been taken to ensure that languages of minorities and those of indigenous populations/communities are protected and promoted. iii) Indicate what legislative and other measures have been taken to eliminate harmful social and cultural practices. iv) Indicate what measures have been taken to encourage and protect cultural art and traditional knowledge systems. F. Right to Housing i) Indicate what legislative steps have been taken to ensure that the state refrains from and protects against forced evictions from home(s) and land, as defined in the Principles and Guidelines and under international law. Also provide figures on forced evictions and all other evictions conducted during the reporting process. ii) Indicate what legislative and other measures have been taken to guarantee to all persons a degree of security of tenure which confers legal protection upon those persons, households and communities currently lacking such protection, including all those who do not have formal titles to home and land, against forced evictions, harassment and other threats. iii) Indicate what steps have been taken to ensure at the very least basic shelter for everybody. Provide in this regard information on the extent of homelessness. iv) Indicate what legislative and other steps have been taken to realise the obligations established under paras 79 (iv) to (xiii) of the Principles and Guidelines7 particularly on the obligations to: a) Implement housing programmes, including subsidies and tax incentives, to expand housing construction to meet the needs of all categories of the population, particularly low-income families; and b) Prioritise in national plans and policies the provision of shelter for all persons in need of emergency housing. G. Right to Social Security Provide information on legislative and other measures taken to ensure access to a social security system which provides for minimum coverage of health and retirement benefits to individuals and their families. 7 These are obligations relating to developing and implementing National Plans, Policies and Systems, which should ensure access for all, without discrimination, to adequate housing. 6