A/RES/68/179
Protection of migrants
Persons with Disabilities, 8 the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 9 and the
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families, 10
Acknowledging the relevant contribution of the International Convention on
the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
to the international system for the protection of migrants,
Recalling the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on
Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”, 11 in which States are
called upon to promote and protect effectively the human rights and fundamental
freedoms of all migrants regardless of migration status, especially those of women
and children, and to address international migration through international, regional
or bilateral cooperation and dialogue and a comprehensive and balanced approach,
recognizing the roles and responsibilities of countries of origin, transit and
destination in promoting and protecting the human rights of all migrants and
avoiding approaches that might aggravate their vulnerability,
Recalling also the provisions concerning migrants contained in the outcome
documents of major United Nations conferences and summits, including the
Outcome of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its
Impact on Development, 12 which recognizes that migrant workers are among the
most affected and vulnerable in the context of financial and economic crises,
Recalling further Commission on Population and Development resolutions
2006/2 of 10 May 2006 13 and 2009/1 of 3 April 2009, 14 and its resolution 2013/1 of
26 April 2013 on new trends in migration: demographic aspects, 15
Taking note of advisory opinion OC-16/99 of 1 October 1999 on the Right to
Information on Consular Assistance in the Framework of the Guarantees of the Due
Process of Law and advisory opinion OC-18/03 of 17 September 2003 on the
Juridical Condition and Rights of Undocumented Migrants, issued by the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights,
Taking note also of the Judgment of the International Court of Justice of
31 March 2004 in the case concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals 16 and the
Judgment of the Court of 19 January 2009 regarding the request for interpretation of
the Avena Judgment, 17 and recalling the obligations of States reaffirmed in both
decisions,
Underlining the importance of the Human Rights Council in promoting respect
for the protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all, including
migrants,
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8
Ibid., vol. 2515, No. 44910.
Ibid., vol. 596, No. 8638.
10
Ibid., vol. 2220, No. 39481.
11
Resolution 66/288, annex.
12
Resolution 63/303, annex.
13
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2006, Supplement No. 5 (E/2006/25), chap. I,
sect. B.
14
Ibid., 2009, Supplement No. 5 (E/2009/25), chap. I, sect. B.
15
Ibid., 2013, Supplement No. 5 (E/2013/25), chap. I, sect. B.
16
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 4 (A/59/4), chap. V,
sect. A.
17
Ibid., Sixty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 4 (A/64/4), chap. V, sect. B.
9
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