Protection of migrants 2010, para. 4(a)

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[Also reaffirms the duty of States to effectively promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, especially those of women and children, regardless of their immigration status, in conformity with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international instruments to which they are party, and therefore:] Calls upon all States to respect the human rights and the inherent dignity of migrants and to put an end to arbitrary arrest and detention and, where necessary, to review detention periods in order to avoid excessive detention of irregular migrants, and to adopt, where applicable, alternative measures to detention;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Persons on the move
  • Women
Year
2010
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Protection of migrants (2010), A/RES/65/212, OP 4(a).
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
4(a)