Protection of migrants
A/RES/74/148
Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and
Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime, 16 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;
7.
Encourages States to take into account the conclusions and
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 29 when designing and implementing their migration policies;
8.
Also encourages States to protect migrants from becoming victims of
national and transnational organized crime, including kidnapping, trafficking in
persons and, in some instances, illicit smuggling of migrants, including through the
implementation of programmes and policies that prevent victimization and provide
effective guarantees and protections, as well as access to medical, psychosocial and
legal assistance, where appropriate;
9.
Encourages Member States that have not already done so to enact national
legislation and to take further effective measures to combat human trafficking and
smuggling of migrants, recognizing that these crimes may endanger the lives of
migrants or subject them to harm, servitude, exploitation, debt bondage, slavery,
sexual exploitation or forced labour, and also encourages Member States to strengthen
international cooperation to prevent, investigate and combat such trafficking in
persons and smuggling of migrants and to identify and disrupt financial flows related
to these activities;
10. Stresses the importance of international, regional and bilateral cooperation
in the protection of the human rights of migrants, through, inter alia, the Global
Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, 30 and therefore:
(a) Requests all States, international organizations and relevant stakeholders
to take into account in their policies and initiatives on migration issues the global
character of the migratory phenomenon and to give due consideration to international,
regional and bilateral cooperation in this field, including by undertaking dialogues on
migration that include countries of origin, transit and destination, as well as civil
society, including migrants, with a view to addressing, in a comprehensive manner,
inter alia, its causes and consequences and the challenge of undocumented or irregular
migration, granting priority to the protection of the human rights of migrants;
(b) Encourages States to promote the effective implementation of the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development, 19 including its target 10.7 on the facilitation of
orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including
through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies;
(c) Also encourages States to take the measures necessary to achieve policy
coherence on migration at the national, regional and international levels, including by
ensuring coordinated child protection policies and systems across borders that are in
full compliance with international human rights law;
(d) Further encourages States to cooperate effectively in protecting witnesses
in cases of smuggling of migrants, regardless of their migration status;
(e) Encourages States to cooperate effectively in protecting witnesses and
victims in cases of trafficking in persons, regardless of their migration status;
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A/HRC/15/29.
Resolution 73/195, annex.
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