Respect for the Right to Universal Freedom of Travel and the Vital Importance of Family Reunification

A/RES/59/203View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 105b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2005.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 1996–2009

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/63/188

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2009	A/RES/63/188	Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification	407	89%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/203	Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification	417	67%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/227	Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification	290	98%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/100	Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification	290	91%Compare
2000	A/RES/54/169	Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification	276	98%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Family Reunification Freedom of Movement Laws and Regulations Migrant Workers' Families Migrants Remittances Travel Travel Restrictions

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Once again calls upon all States to guarantee the universally recognized freedom of travel to all foreign nationals legally residing in their territory;

Reaffirms that all Governments, in particular those of receiving countries, must recognize the vital importance of family reunification and promote its incorporation into national legislation in order to ensure protection of the unity of families of documented migrants;

Calls upon all States to allow, in conformity with international legislation, the free flow of financial remittances by foreign nationals residing in their territory to relatives in the country of origin;

Also calls upon all States to refrain from enacting, and to repeal if it already exists, legislation intended as a coercive measure that discriminates against individuals or groups of legal migrants by adversely affecting family reunification and the right to send financial remittances to relatives in the country of origin;

Decides to continue its consideration of the question at its sixty-first session under the item entitled “Human rights questions”.

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