A/HRC/34/56/Add.1 such programmes in an equal manner and that there is full respect for relevant standards in the restoration field and oversight by relevant bodies. 104. The Special Rapporteur further recommends that: (a) All Technical Committees enhance consultation and joint projects with other Technical Committees, in particular that on gender, which is a cross-cutting issue; (b) The Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage should be supported, fully resourced and commended for its vital contribution to the right to access and enjoy cultural heritage. It should also increase its efforts to consult stakeholders. In particular, groups which have special relationships with certain sites should be fully consulted on the restoration work to be undertaken, the meaning of the site in question and their wishes for future uses, including for cultural and religious purposes. Where a multiplicity of narratives exists regarding a specific site, these should be acknowledged; (c) Restoration projects should be implemented by professionals, workers and business enterprises from both the south and the north, including Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots and others, and in full compliance with restoration standards. B. Recommendations to the Government of the Republic of Cyprus 105. The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government to ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. 106. The Government should also: (a) Pay greater attention to consulting people who have particular connections with specific sites in all restoration programmes; (b) Continue and increase its efforts towards greater access by all to cultural heritage sites, in dignity, ending de facto impediments, including through simplifying processes for accessing particular sites and providing for essential facilities such as water and washrooms in restored mosques; (c) Fully consult with people having a particular link with the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque and its surrounding environment (Larnaca Salt Lakes) prior to any decisions being taken on the application for the UNESCO World Heritage List, including any decision that may ensue regarding the future use and management of the site; (d) Review the Law on the Procedure for Standardization of Geographical Names of the Republic of Cyprus, to ensure that it does not infringe upon the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, academic and scientific freedoms, as well as freedom of movement; (e) Take measures to facilitate greater access by residents of the northern part of the island to the southern part, including citizens from Turkey who have settled in the north and their descendants. The Government should respect visits to sites and pilgrimages as an inextricable part of the rights to access and enjoy cultural heritage and to freedom of religion or belief, whose rank as universal human rights should not be supplanted by citizenship and political issues; (f) Promptly and thoroughly investigate all allegations of racially motivated verbal abuse and physical attacks, including those against Turkish Cypriots, as well as attacks on cultural heritage sites. Those found responsible should be prosecuted and sentenced, as appropriate, to a punishment reflecting the gravity of the offences, with reparation provided to the victims. The Special Rapporteur also urges the Government to take all necessary measures to prevent the occurrence of such acts in 18