“recommended that Cyprus respect the right to nationality without discrimination and ensure that no particular groups of non-citizens are discriminated against with regard to access to naturalisation. CERD also requested the State party to include in its next periodic report information on how nationality laws and regulations were applied to those who were in the occupied territories.”11 10. The OHCHR Compilation Report also referred to the concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee, which raised many concerns regarding the discrimination of Turkish Cypriots in the Southern part of the island, as follows: • • • • The Office of the Commissioner of Administration (the Ombudsman) does not have Turkish-speaking staff and reports generated by the office are not published in Turkish12 The nationality laws of the Republic of Cyprus are applied “in a discriminatory manner in relation to individuals from particular groups, particularly children of Turkish Cypriots […]”13 “certain restrictions on crossing the Green Line — notably the State party’s policy concerning the passage of Turkish settlers and their descendants who were born in occupied areas — unduly interfere with the enjoyment of the right to the freedom of movement conferred upon all residents of the island by article 12 of the Covenant.”14 There are concerns about allegations that a significant number of Turkish Cypriots were unable to vote during the European Parliament elections held on 25 May 2014 because their correct residential addresses had not been entered in the Government’s database.15 11. Accordingly, the Human Rights Committee recommended that: “The State party should take immediate steps to ensure Turkish Cypriots have the same rights and obligations as all other Cypriot citizens, both in law and in fact, to vote and stand for elections so as to be in full compliance with articles 25 and 26 of the Covenant”,16 and “The State party should take adequate measures to ensure that the nationality laws are applied indiscriminately on the basis of clearly defined criteria. It should ensure that applicants have access to information concerning the requirements of citizenship and that they receive a decision on their application for citizenship within a reasonable period of time.”17 12. However, as set out in the Report of the Working Group, “the Government (of Cyprus) was not in a position to ensure the application of human rights instruments in the area that was not under its effective control.”18 11 Compilation of UN Information 2014, para. 68. 12 Ibid., para. 5. 13 Ibid., para. 6. 14 Ibid., para. 17. 15 Ibid., para. 22. 16 Ibid., para 6. 17 Ibid., para 22. 18 Report of the Working Group 2014, para 18.