A/HRC/4/21/Add.3 page 6 of the Supreme Council also include centrally drafting sermons, certifying Imams, as well as building and maintaining mosques. The members of the Supreme Council are appointed by the Government for unlimited terms. II. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF 11. This section provides an overview of the main international legal standards relied upon by the Special Rapporteur in carrying out her assessment of the situation regarding freedom of religion or belief in the Maldives.1 12. Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) set out the basic elements of the right to freedom of religion or belief. 13. In addition to article 18, there are a number of other articles of the ICCPR and UDHR, which are relevant to freedom of religion or belief. These include article 2 and article 16 of UDHR. Relevant articles of ICCPR include article 20, which obliges States to prohibit advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred constituting incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, article 26 prohibits discrimination and guarantees to all persons equal and effective protection against discrimination on religious grounds, and article 27 provides for the right of members of religious minorities to profess and practise their own religion. The Special Rapporteur is also guided by general comment No. 22 (1993) of the Human Rights Committee, which interprets the content of article 18 of the ICCPR. 14. The Special Rapporteur also takes into account other human rights treaties containing provisions relevant to freedom of religion or belief, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. 15. The Special Rapporteur is also guided by other relevant instruments produced by various United Nations bodies. The most important of these instruments for the mandate is the 1981 General Assembly Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief (“1981 Declaration”). Other relevant instruments include the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, along with relevant resolutions of the former Commission on Human Rights and its successor, the Human Rights Council. 1 For further information on the international legal standards relied upon by the Special Rapporteur in the implementation of her mandate see E/CN.4/2005/61, paras. 15-20 and E/CN.4/2006/5, Annex.