A/HRC/RES/18/21
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 October 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Eighteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*
18/21
The human rights of migrants
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 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 and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights
of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and the relevance of these treaties in
the protection of all migrants,
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
migrants, and the work of various special mechanisms of the Council that have reported on
the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants,
Recalling further the importance of the decent work agenda of the International
Labour Organization, including for migrant workers, the eight fundamental Conventions of
that Organization and the Global Jobs Pact adopted by the International Labour Conference
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GE.11- 16741
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. I.