A/HRC/43/50/Add.2 human rights. However, the ongoing legal, judicial and structural reforms and the renewed commitment of the Government to international human rights mechanisms are steps in the right direction. The promise of these reforms must be realized with urgency and with a clear commitment to the full realization of all universal human rights, including cultural rights. 89. The recent creation of the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Heritage affords new opportunities for undertaking much-needed legal and policy work in the field of culture. The Ministry must receive all the resources needed to achieve the full implementation of cultural rights for all Maldivians, and should benefit from international cooperation. 90. While it is critical in the current international and regional environment to combat terrorism in accordance with international standards, this alone is not enough. Maldives must also urgently and effectively tackle fundamentalist ideology at a high level, across relevant ministries, using a human rights approach and in accordance with human rights standards. Failure to do so will make it impossible to realize human rights, including cultural rights, and will lead to further harmful effects on Maldivian culture. Education must be recognized as a particularly vital sector. 91. The people of Maldives are on the frontlines of the worldwide climate emergency. This environmental crisis cannot be solved through the action of single States alone. Maldives and other low-lying island States require urgent, concerted and effective international action to respond to the existential threats they face from climate change, including threats to their cultural survival. However, at the national level, Maldives could lead the way by fully implementing its human rights approach to climate change across all relevant policies and sectors, and by ensuring that consideration of the impact of climate change on culture and cultural rights, and the use of culture as a tool to build resilience and strengthen response, are at the heart of this approach. 92. The Special Rapporteur admires the vibrancy and engagement of Maldivian civil society and encourages greater consultation with it in the formulation and implementation of policy and, in particular, the further promotion of the leadership of young people. B. Recommendations 93. In order to strengthen the legal framework for implementing human rights, the Government should: (a) Withdraw its remaining reservations to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which undermine their object and purpose; (b) Ratify and implement the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families; (c) Become a party to and implement the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions; (d) Respect the independence of the Human Rights Commission of Maldives and strengthen its work in compliance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles), including by considering the withdrawal of the Supreme Court guidelines on its work, and remove the legal restriction that prevents non-Muslims from being appointed as commissioners; (e) Ensure that a particular religious belief is not a requirement for citizenship or naturalization; (f) Recognize freedom of religion or belief in the Constitution and abolish the crime of apostasy, allow everyone in Maldives to fully enjoy their freedom of 16