Protection of migrants
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(d) Calls upon States that have not already done so to provide for the
protection of the human rights of women migrant workers, to promote fair labour
conditions and to ensure that all women, including care workers, are legally
protected against violence and exploitation;
(e) Encourages States to implement gender-sensitive policies and
programmes for women migrant workers, to provide safe and legal channels that
recognize the skills and education of women migrant workers and, as appropriate, to
facilitate their productive employment, decent work and integration into the labour
force, including in the fields of education and science and technology;
(f) Encourages all States to develop international migration policies and
programmes that include a gender perspective, in order to adopt the necessary
measures to better protect women and girls against dangers and abuse during
migration;
(g) Calls upon States to protect the human rights of migrant children, given
their vulnerability, particularly unaccompanied migrant children, ensuring that the
best interests of the child are a primary consideration in their policies of integration,
return and family reunification;
(h) Encourages all States to prevent and eliminate discriminatory policies
and legislation at all levels of government that deny migrant children access to
education and, while taking into account the best interests of the child as a primary
consideration, to foster the successful integration of migrant children into the
education system and the removal of barriers to their education in host countries and
countries of origin;
(i) Urges States to ensure that repatriation mechanisms allow for the
identification and special protection of persons in vulnerable situations, including
persons with disabilities, and take into account, in conformity with their
international obligations and commitments, the principle of the best interests of the
child and family reunification;
(j) Urges States parties to the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime and the supplementing protocols thereto 20 to
implement them fully, and calls upon States that have not done so to consider
ratifying or acceding to them as a matter of priority;
Encourages States to take into account the conclusions and
6.
recommendations of the study of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights on challenges and best practices in the
implementation of the international framework for the protection of the rights of the
child in the context of migration 21 when designing and implementing their migration
policies;
7.
Also encourages States to protect migrant victims of national and
transnational organized crime, including kidnapping and trafficking and, in some
instances, smuggling, including through the implementation of programmes and
policies that guarantee protection and access to medical, psychosocial and legal
assistance, where appropriate;
8.
Encourages Member States that have not already done so to enact
national legislation and to take further effective measures to combat trafficking in
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