A/HRC/RES/32/14
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 July 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-second session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 1 July 2016
32/14.
Protection of the human rights of migrants: strengthening
the promotion and protection of the human rights of
migrants, including in large movements
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 International Convention
for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 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, the International Convention on the Protection of the
Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 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,
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 all
migrants, 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,
GE.16-12194(E)