A/HRC/47/30
I. Introduction
1.
The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 43/6. It
contains information on the activities of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of
migrants, since the submission of his report to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth
session (A/75/183). The thematic section consists of a study on means to address the human
rights impact of pushbacks of migrants on land and at sea.
II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur
2.
On 2 July 2020, the Special Rapporteur participated in a conference on defending the
human rights of migrants during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, organized
by University Carlos III of Madrid.
3.
On 16 July, he took part in a webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on children deprived
of liberty, convened by Defence for Children International and other institutions.
4.
On 28 July, he delivered a presentation at a conference entitled COVID-19, Migration
and Human Rights: Impact and Solutions, held by the Institute for the Study of Human Rights
at Columbia University.
5.
On World Day against Trafficking in Persons, 30 July, he participated in a conference
entitled Combating Human Trafficking: Addressing Root Causes and Safeguarding the
Rights of Survivors of Trafficking, held by the International Organization for Migration Sri
Lanka mission.
6.
On 11 August, at the invitation of the Ministerio Público Tutelar of the City of Buenos
Aires, he attended a webinar with the Chief General Adviser on Human Rights and Child
Migration.
7.
On 14 August, he gave a lecture on the role of lawyers and law firms in the current
Latin American migration context, organized by a pro bono association of lawyers from the
Americas.
8.
On 25 August, he took part as a panellist in a webinar entitled Employer-tied Visas,
convened by the Cross-Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants, the Migrant Forum in
Asia and the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism.
9.
On 4 and 8 September, he presented his report on the right to freedom of association
of migrants and their defenders at two events held in collaboration with the International
Center for Not-for-Profit Law and the Programme on Migratory Affairs of the IberoAmerican University Mexico City, respectively.
10.
On 16 September, he gave a lecture on current trends in migration and human rights,
at an event organized by Rutgers University.
11.
On 28 September, he delivered a presentation on gender and migration at an event
organized by the Human Rights Council on ways to integrate a gender perspective in its work
and its mechanisms.
12.
On 30 September, he gave a lecture on the human rights approach in European policies
on migration and international protection, held by the Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de
España.
13.
On 2 October, he took part as a panellist in a webinar on racism, xenophobia and the
pandemic in Spain, organized by Rights International Spain.
14.
On 5 October, he delivered a presentation on the impact of the use of private military
and security services in immigration and border management on the protection of the rights
of all migrants, during an event organized by the Working Group on the use of mercenaries
as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to
self-determination.
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