Impact of the criminalization of migration on the protection and enjoyment of human rights 2010, para. 34
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- The Special Rapporteur is informed about the several obstacles to determine in practice if a police action is conducted for immigration or law enforcement purposes when profiling is used, and regrets that States are not sufficiently measuring the impact of their adopted policies. Information gathered by the Special Rapporteur indicates that profiling is widespread and, in some instances, institutionalized and that Governments are not collecting appropriate data in this connection. He also observes with dismay that in some instances law enforcement authorities disclose statistical information on crime that fails to distinguish between immigration offences and other offences. In addition, statistics on stops and searches fail to distinguish between immigration control and crime. This lack of distinction misleads the general public and nurtures a distorted image of widespread criminality among foreigners and migrant communities. He also regrets that gender considerations sometimes exacerbate the use of profiling, for example when anti trafficking initiatives aimed to prevent the movement of women or immigration restrictions target men from specific nationalities. Other issues of deep concern include the retention of information, such as biometric data, with no regard for the right to privacy.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Migrants, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/222, para. 34.
- Paragraph number
- 34
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