Protection of the Human Rights of Migrants the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

Calls upon all States to reaffirm the fundamental importance of respecting, protecting and fulfilling the human rights of all migrants who leave their countries, regardless of their migration status, particularly in the context of the preparatory process leading to the adoption of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration;

Calls upon all States to promote the mainstreaming of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, including women and children, regardless of their migration status, and the specific needs of migrants in vulnerable situations, including the identification and protection of victims of human trafficking, in the context of the preparatory process leading to the adoption of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration;

Calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families as a matter of priority, and requests the Secretary- General to continue his efforts to promote and raise awareness of the Convention;

Also calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the protocols thereto, in particular the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;

Invites all States to ensure that their immigration policies are consistent with their obligations under international human rights law, and to promote the enjoyment of human rights by all migrants without discrimination, including by considering reviewing migration policies with a view to examining their possible unintended negative consequences;

Calls upon all States to promote and protect the human rights of all migrants, without discrimination of any kind, and to this end to provide assistance and relief to migrants who need it, including those in a vulnerable situation, regardless of their migration status, and to create a safe, accessible and enabling environment in which individuals and organizations that provide such attention can operate;

Also calls upon all States to adopt a comprehensive and integral approach to migration policies, to facilitate safe, orderly, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, to cooperate at the international level on the basis of shared responsibility to harness fully the economic developments and cultural and social opportunities that migration represents, and to address efficiently its challenges in accordance with international human rights standards;

Calls upon States to give due consideration to the proposal of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility2 when participating in the preparatory process and during the negotiation of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration;

Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to provide technical assistance to States, upon their request, to better promote and protect the human rights of migrants;

Encourages non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, national human rights institutions and other relevant stakeholders to participate in the informal thematic sessions and informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearings requested by the General Assembly, as part of the preparatory process for the intergovernmental conference, in accordance with Assembly resolution 71/280 on modalities for the intergovernmental negotiations of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration;

Encourages special procedure mandate holders and treaty bodies, in accordance with their respective mandates and in coordination with the United Nations system as a whole, to provide input and to support the State-led preparatory process for the global compact and the intergovernmental conference in accordance with General Assembly resolution 71/280;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:

Invites all States to take into account, during their participation in the preparatory process, including the negotiation leading to the adoption of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration, the inputs produced by the Human Rights Council and its bodies and mechanisms;

Requests the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants to continue to report on solutions and to contribute to and participate in key discussions relating to the promotion and protection of the human rights of migrants, including with respect to the large movement of migrants, by identifying best practices and concrete areas and means for international cooperation in order to enhance the protection of the human rights of migrants, and to continue to pay attention to the topic of the universal enjoyment of human rights for all migrants;

Encourages States and regional and international organizations to enhance their cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants;