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A/HRC/RES/26/21
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 July 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-sixth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
26/21 Promotion of the right of migrants to the enjoyment of the
highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaims that all
human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that everyone is entitled to
all the rights and freedoms set out therein, without distinction of any kind, in particular as
to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin,
property, birth or other status,
Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights
of the Child, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention on the Protection of
the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,
Recalling also previous resolutions of the General Assembly, the Commission on
Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the protection of the human rights of
migrants, the relevant resolutions of the World Health Assembly, in particular its resolution
61.17 of 24 May 2008, and the work of the various special mechanisms of the Council that
have reported on the situation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants,
Reaffirming that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims that
everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each
State and the right to leave any country, including his or her own, and to return to his or her
country,
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