A/HRC/43/50/Add.2 97. In order to increase human rights mainstreaming into planning for and responding to environmental threats and climate change, the Government should: (a) Ensure that all government actions and policy decisions that have an impact on the environment are taken with a holistic and ecosystem-wide approach; (b) Develop further awareness-raising campaigns about climate change, and the problem of climate denial, and include information about the effects of environmental threats and climate change on culture, cultural heritage, food security and livelihoods; (c) Provide support for initiatives that are aimed at promoting and developing sustainable interactions with natural resources, including knowledge and skills related to the ocean, responsible fishing, organic farming, coastal protection and wetlands; (d) Add consideration of the issues of cultural landscapes and heritage to environmental impact assessments conducted in cases of tourism-related and other development projects. 98. In order to combat the rise of fundamentalism, the authorities should: (a) Fully implement the recommendations of the Commission on Investigation of Murders and Enforced Disappearances, bring to justice all alleged perpetrators and ensure that all witnesses are protected; (b) Consider ways to memorialize the victims of fundamentalist violence so as to counter the vilification campaigns against them and send a clear message in favour of human rights, and support civil society organizations in such efforts; (c) Urgently and effectively combat fundamentalist ideology in accordance with international standards, including in the sphere of education and through the promotion of culture and arts; (d) Promote the universality of human rights and the separation of religion and State as essential means of guaranteeing cultural rights and freedom of religion or belief for all, and clarify that such concepts are entirely compatible with respect for religion, in accordance with international standards; (e) Prosecute members of fundamentalist groups that are inciting violence, including online, and take measures to effectively address the growing problem of online hate speech; (f) Stop pressuring civil society organizations to censor themselves, lift without delay the suspension on the Maldivian Democracy Network and demonstrate commitment to freedom of expression; (g) Ensure that human rights defenders and experts working to counter fundamentalism are able to do their work without facing restrictions, threats or coercion. 99. The Human Rights Commission of Maldives should: (a) Advance positive narratives and raise awareness about the importance of human rights, including cultural rights; (b) Work to enhance the protection of the human rights of religious minorities and migrants; (c) Establish a national protection system for human rights defenders, as defined in the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Declaration on Human Rights Defenders), including women human rights defenders and cultural rights defenders; (d) Systematically monitor the progress made by the Government in following up on and implementing the recommendations of United Nations human rights mechanisms, and report on this progress both nationally and internationally. 19

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