A/HRC/12/22 page 8 view that, under article 27 of the Covenant, the rights of persons to engage in economic and social activities that are part of the culture of the minority community to which they belong are protected.17 17. Economic, social and cultural rights cannot be fully achieved where civil and political rights are curtailed. Conversely, civil and political rights cannot be fully exercised where economic, social and cultural rights are neglected. Counter-terrorism measures and policies that neglect these rights risk creating a fertile climate for poverty, unemployment, and greater insecurities in societies. Systematic discrimination and structural inequities may spark or exacerbate social and political tensions resulting in terrorist acts and counter-terrorist activities. 18. The enjoyment of civil and political rights impacts on the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights as much as the enjoyment of the latter impacts on the enjoyment of the former. For example, limitations on the freedom of movement may impact on the right to adequate housing and/or the right to work, whilst there is a clear correlation between the enjoyment of the right to food and the right to life. Therefore, States have an obligation to incorporate international human rights norms and standards into their national legal orders, including the constitution and national legislation, so those rights can be fulfilled in a complementary form. In some jurisdictions, economic, social and cultural rights have been protected through the protection of civil and political rights. For example, the Supreme Court of India has read the right to health care, the right to adequate housing and the right to food as being part of the right to life which is protected by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 19. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights does not contain express provisions for derogating from economic, social and cultural rights during emergencies, disasters or armed conflict, while obviously such situations may affect the ability of States to guarantee those rights, for example the availability of resources to ensure enjoyment of them on an immediate basis. 20. General comment No. 14 (2000), of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, on the right to the highest attainable standard of health (art. 12) refers to the non-derogability of core obligations.18 Recalling its general comment No. 3, the Committee confirms that States parties have a core obligation to ensure the satisfaction of, at the very least, minimum essential levels of each of the rights enunciated in the Covenant, including essential primary health care. The Committee further indicated in its general comment No. 14 that: “... Read in conjunction with more contemporary instruments, such as the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, the Alma-Ata Declaration provides compelling guidance on the core obligations arising from article 12. Accordingly, in the Committee’s view, these core obligations include at least the following obligations: 17 Human Rights Committee, general comment No. 23 (1994) on article 27 (Rights of minorities), para. 6.2. 18 Paragraph 47.