A/HRC/56/54
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
1 May 2024
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifty-sixth session
18 June–12 July 2024
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Revisiting migrants’ contributions with a human
rights-based approach: a discussion on facilitating and
hindering factors
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants,
Gehad Madi
Summary
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants,
Gehad Madi, examines migrants’ sociocultural, civic-political and economic contributions.
By examining the factors facilitating and hindering their contributions with a human
rights-based approach, he aims to offer a balanced, evidence-based perspective.
Migrants are rights holders, and their rights should be protected regardless of the
contributions that they make to society. In the present report, at a time when the political
discourse around migration has taken a negative turn, when migration-related disinformation
and xenophobia are on the rise and when many have forgotten or deny the benefits of
migration, the Special Rapporteur offers a reminder of the wealth of opportunities that
migration presents to societies willing to embrace diversity and inclusion. The Special
Rapporteur was encouraged by numerous submissions from States, United Nations entities,
civil society actors and others on practices designed to support migrants’ contributions and
an evidence-based narrative on migration. He examines the factors hindering recognition of
migrants’ contributions and what can be done to enable positive migration-related narratives
to flourish.
Lastly, the Special Rapporteur offers conclusions and recommendations for States and
other actors on upholding the human rights of migrants, supporting migrants’ contributions
and improving the narrative so that it better reflects the inherent value of migrants and their
contributions.
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