2.
Welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
(E/CN.4/2002/94 and Add.1), particularly the observations made on violence against women migrant workers,
and encourages her to continue to address the issue of violence against women migrant workers, in particular the
problem of gender-based violence and of discrimination, taking into account the conclusions in the report of the
Secretary-General;
3.
Calls upon concerned Governments, in particular those of countries of origin and destination, if
they have not yet done so, to put in place penal sanctions to punish perpetrators of violence against women
migrant workers and, to the extent possible, to provide the victims of violence with the full range of immediate
assistance, such as counselling, legal and consular assistance, temporary shelter and other measures that will
allow them to be present during the judicial process, to safeguard their dignified return to the country of origin as
well as to establish reintegration and rehabilitation schemes for returning women migrant workers;
4.
Invites the States concerned, specifically countries of origin and destination, to consider
adopting appropriate legal measures against intermediaries who deliberately encourage the clandestine
movement of workers and who exploit women migrant workers in violation of their human dignity;
5.
Urges States to seek full respect for, and compliance with, the Vienna Convention on Consular
Relations of 1963, especially as it relates to the right of foreign nationals, regardless of their legal and
immigration status, to communicate with a consular officer of their own State in the case of arrest or detention
and to be informed without delay of this right;
6.
Encourages States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to 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 its two additional protocols, the Protocol against
the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in
Persons, Especially Women and Children, as well as the Slavery Convention of 1926;
7.
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission at its sixtieth session a
comprehensive follow-up report on the problem of violence against women migrant workers, taking into account
the views of States and based on all available information from authorities and bodies within the United Nations
system, intergovernmental organizations and other sources, including non-governmental organizations;
8.
Decides to continue its consideration of this question at its sixtieth session under the
appropriate agenda item.
55th meeting
25 April 2002
[Adopted without a vote.
E/2002/23 - E/CN.4/2002/200, .see chap. XIV.]
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