A/HRC/11/9 page 24 (b) Integrate human rights principles and standards throughout the design, implementation and evaluation of CTPs; while taking into consideration specific conditions of each country, in particular demographic, geographic, economic and social conditions, States should ground their decisions on the following principles and standards: (i) Equality and non-discrimination: The principle of equality and non-discrimination requires States to give priority to disadvantaged and marginalized individuals and groups. States must ensure that targeting processes and eligibility criteria are fair, effective and transparent, and that they safeguard against discrimination. CTPs must not lead to further stigmatization or social exclusion of any individual or group in society. The principle of non-discrimination also requires that States pay continuous attention to the accessibility and adaptability of the schemes to different physical, geographical, social, cultural contexts, taking into consideration particular constraints faced by groups particularly vulnerable to discrimination; (ii) Transparency, access to information and accountability: States must ensure that CTPs have built-in mechanisms for the disclosure of information about the programmes’ design and functioning. Information on the results of monitoring and evaluation should also be made widely available. Information must be accessible, culturally appropriate and provided in a manner which is accessible to all, in particular those receiving the transfer. States must also ensure that CTPs have complaints mechanisms that are easily accessible, sufficiently resourced and culturally appropriate. Beneficiaries must have access to effective remedies in cases of performance failure or abuses; (iii) Meaningful participation: States must ensure the existence of mechanisms to stimulate meaningful participation by those living in poverty in the context of the implementation of CTPs. The establishment of participatory channels must take into account local power structures and ensure the inclusion of particularly vulnerable groups. The result of meaningful participatory processes should lead to the elimination of asymmetries of power between those receiving benefits and those distributing them, enhancing the capacities of beneficiaries to resist potential political manipulation; (c) Further assess the impact of conditional cash transfers: States that attach conditions to cash transfer schemes must ensure their implementation does not exclude and further expose to human rights violations those that fail to comply with the established requirements. Prior to attaching conditionalities to cash transfers, States and policymakers must undertake in-depth analyses of the programmes’ capacity to properly monitor compliance and simultaneously provide social services that correspond to the needs of the population living in extreme poverty;