displaced populations, legal or illegal migrant workers, slum dwellers, landless and nomadic pastoralists, workers in the informal sector of the economy and subsistence agriculture, persons living in informal settlements and workers in irregular forms of employment such as home-based workers, casual and seasonal workers. f. State Parties encompasses all branches of government (executive, legislative and judicial), and other public or governmental authorities, at whatever level; national, regional or local. g. Principle of proportionality for the purposes of these guidelines involves striking a fair balance between the demands of the general interest of the community and the requirements of the protection of the individual’s fundamental rights. iii A limitation upon a right, or steps taken positively to protect or fulfil it, will not be proportionate, where there is no evidence that the state institutions have balanced the competing individual and public interests when deciding on the limitation or steps, or where the requirements to be met to avoid or benefit from its application in a particular case are so high as not to permit a meaningful balancing process. h. Public interest concerns the common well-being or general welfare of the population. i. Acquisition of property for the purposes of these guidelines includes nationalisation and expropriation of property, and refers to the confiscation of private property with the stated purpose of pursuing the public interest. j. Neglected tropical diseases are defined by the WHO as those which have a low profile and status in public health priorities but still affects large numbers of people frequently as a result of poverty and disadvantage. Those most affected are the poorest populations often living in remote, rural areas, urban slums or in conflict zones. k. Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. l. Intersectional or multiple discrimination occurs when a person is subjected to discrimination on more than one ground at the same time, e.g. race and gender. m. Indirect discrimination occurs where the effect of certain imposed requirements, conditions or practices has an adverse impact disproportionately on one group or other. n. Patrimony means the sum total of any person’s personal and real entitlements, including movable and immovable property, corporeal and incorporeal elements and any other intangible object capable of having value. o. Basic shelter refers to the basic minimum housing required by the individual for protection from the elements. 9