A/HRC/34/68 75. States should establish or continue to maintain open communication channels with affected communities and provide timely information in minority languages. In the context of refugee or internally displaced persons camps, they should seek to ensure that ad hoc representative committees, such as volunteer committees, are truly representative of the wider camp population and include representatives of all minorities, including minority women. 76. States and, when applicable, non-State actors should take all possible measures to protect the cultural heritage of minority communities affected by humanitarian crises. With regard to conflict, States should ratify and implement the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. 77. The United Nations and States should seek to ensure that minorities in situations of protracted displacement are able to maintain their culture or religion, for instance, by providing space for practising cultural traditions or religious ceremonies. 78. States should ensure that minorities under their jurisdiction are not deprived of their political rights, including their voting rights, during protracted crises or displacement. NonState actors should also make similar provisions, as relevant. Displacement 79. States should ensure that the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and other international, regional or national legislative standards are fully respected, including for displaced persons belonging to minorities. Personal documentation 80. States should guarantee the issuance or renewal to minorities, without discrimination or undue administrative or financial obstacles, of the necessary civil status documentation to access basic services, including when the affected individual is stateless. 81. States should ensure that minorities and their specific needs are incorporated in all mechanisms that facilitate the issuance of documentation necessary for the enjoyment and exercise of their legal rights, such as passports, personal identification documents, birth and marriage certificates, as well as replacement of lost documentation. Accountability 82. States should ensure that accountability mechanisms are available and that minority groups have access to such mechanisms at all stages of the humanitarian relief cycle. 16 They should ensure that anyone who lodges a complaint against the handling of a situation by the State, a non-State actor or the United Nations or another humanitarian actor is protected against possible reprisals. V. Recommendations to ensure durable solutions for minorities after crises Safety and protection of minorities 83. The international community has a moral and legal duty and share the global responsibility with regard to the flow of refugees and migrants caused by crises around the world. All States should contribute to hosting refugees, migrants and asylum seekers and 16 See, in this respect, IASC Operational Framework on Accountability to Affected Populations. 13