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Developing the Global Compact on Migration 2016, para. 15
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- The only way to effectively reduce smuggling is to offer more accessible, regular, safe and affordable mobility solutions, with all the identity and security checks that efficient visa procedures can provide.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 37
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- The Millennium Development Goals failed to address the issue of inequality and the plight of the most disadvantaged members of society, which resulted in some Governments concentrating their interventions on the groups easiest to reach, rather than on those most marginalized.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 58
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- The goal should fully capture the right to health, which is an inclusive right extending not only to timely and appropriate health care, but also to the underlying determinants of health, including access to healthy occupational and environmental conditions and to health-related education and information, including on sexual and reproductive health. This right should be captured in all other interrelated goals, including those pertaining to access to safe and potable water and adequate sanitation and an adequate supply of safe nutrition.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 108
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- The post-2015 agenda must address the freedom from fear and from want. Countries that have been seen as success stories of the Millennium Development Goals have also seen massive social unrest and political upheaval. Economic growth alone is not an adequate measure of development. The post-2015 agenda must address economic, social and cultural rights, together with civil and political rights, to achieve peaceful societies, access to justice and political participation.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Climate change and migration 2012, para. 18
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- Hundreds of millions of people, especially in the global South, are highly vulnerable to global environmental change and will become more so in the future. In its assessment of the future of the planet, the leading intergovernmental body working on the issue, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, concluded in its Fourth Assessment Report (2007) that global warming was unequivocal and that human activity was the main driver, very likely causing most of the rise in temperatures since 1950.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
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Detention of migrants in an irregular situation 2012, para. 7
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- At the regional level, the right to liberty and security of person is protected by article 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, article 7 of the American Convention on Human Rights, article 14 of the Arab Charter on Human Rights and article 5 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
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Recruitment practices and the human rights of migrants 2015, para. 69
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- Such measures should be integrated through a comprehensive public discourse in which politicians recognize mobility and diversity as central elements of contemporary democratic societies, thus providing moral, intellectual and political leadership on such complex issues.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
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Labour exploitation of migrants 2014, para. 25
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- Article 8 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights prohibits slavery, servitude and forced labour. Article 22 provides the right to freedom of association. Article 26 provides that all persons are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to the equal protection of the law.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Detention of migrants in an irregular situation 2012, para. 27
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- According to article 10, paragraph 1, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, all persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person. In its general comment No. 21 (1992) on humane treatment of persons deprived of their liberty, the Human Rights Committee stated that this right applies to anyone deprived of liberty under the laws and authority of the State in prisons, hospitals - particularly psychiatric hospitals - detention camps or correctional institutions or elsewhere. It further states that treating all persons deprived of their liberty with humanity and with respect for their dignity is a fundamental and universally applicable rule and, consequently, the application of this rule cannot be dependent on the material resources available in the State.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 85e
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- [Relevant targets should focus on:] Providing equal access to competent and affordable legal representation;
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Labour exploitation of migrants 2014, para. 27
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- Article 5 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination provides the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of civil rights and economic, social and cultural rights. Article 5(e)(i) provides the rights to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work, to protection against unemployment, to equal pay for equal work, and to just and favourable remuneration.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Global migration governance 2013, para. 31
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- The 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons aims to regulate and improve the legal status of stateless persons. The 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness deals with the means of avoiding statelessness.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 21
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- Human rights are not reserved for citizens. They benefit everyone within a State's territory or jurisdiction, without discrimination, irrespective of administrative status and circumstances.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 43
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- A goal on equality should be broad, not only focusing on income disparities, but also identifying key dimensions of economic and social inequality, including in terms of participation and access to essential services such as health, education and social protection. This should be framed with reference to the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of all. In addition, targets and indicators relating to employment and fiscal or redistributive policies must be included under this goal and structural determinants of inequality should also be addressed.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
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Detention of migrants in an irregular situation 2012, para. 44
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- Victims of torture are already psychologically vulnerable due to the trauma they have experienced and detention of victims of torture may in itself amount to inhuman and degrading treatment.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
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Detention of migrants in an irregular situation 2012, para. 47
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- Stateless persons do not benefit from the consular or diplomatic protection of a State, often do not possess identity documents and do not have a country to which to be returned. Stateless persons are especially vulnerable to prolonged detention. Being stateless and therefore not having a country to which automatic claim might be made for the issue of a travel document should not lead to indefinite detention, and statelessness cannot be a bar to release. The UNHCR guidelines affirm that stateless persons are entitled to benefit from the same standards of treatment as those in detention generally.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
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Detention of migrants in an irregular situation 2012, para. 54
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- Non-custodial measures must conform to relevant principles of international law, including the principles of non-discrimination, necessity and proportionality and should not prevent individuals from exercising their other human rights, including the right to health and education. Alternatives to detention which impose restrictions on the liberty of movement need to be in compliance with article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which provides for the right to liberty of movement for everyone lawfully within the territory of a State. The term "lawfully within the territory" has been held to apply to persons who are allowed to remain in a country because the host State is unable to carry out an expulsion or deportation order (Human Rights Committee, communication No. 456/1991). Article 12, paragraph 3, of the Covenant provides that any restrictions on the right to liberty of movement must be provided by law, and be necessary to protect national security, public order, public health or morals or the rights and freedoms of others.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 9
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- In 2000, States adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration, thereby committing themselves to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty, which led to a series of time-bound targets known as the Millennium Development Goals. The Goals provided clear direction for Governments and international actors to focus and work together on achieving specific development issues. The Goal framework supported the development of national statistical capacity and improved statistical system coordination at the national and international levels. This resulted in effective generation and collection of data for the Goals, which in turn influenced and shaped national and international policies on human development. The Goals stimulated global and national development efforts, notably towards eradicating poverty and improving access to primary education.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 85g
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- [Relevant targets should focus on:] Providing equal and affordable access to reliable legal information.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 86a
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- [Indicators should include:] Number of individuals who lack a basic legal identity document;
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
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Enjoyment of the rights to health and adequate housing by migrants 2010, para. 42
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- The principle of non-discrimination and equality plays a key role in ensuring that adequate housing is accessible to those entitled to it. In this regard, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has underlined that priority consideration should be afforded to disadvantaged groups to ensure full and sustainable access to adequate housing.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
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Labour exploitation of migrants 2014, para. 90
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- Refrain from using sponsorship systems that make immigration status conditional on one given employer, as this creates a precarious status, restricts freedom of movement, increases vulnerability to exploitation and abuse, and leads to forced labour.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 106
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- The post-2015 agenda reporting system should provide that registering progress require movement in the reduction of gaps, or be conditional upon demonstration of progress of the lowest quintiles, and in all regions of a country.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
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Impact of the criminalization of migration on the protection and enjoyment of human rights 2010, para. 89
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- Policies should guarantee the enforcement of such alternatives by administrative and judicial authorities.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
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Detention of migrants in an irregular situation 2012, para. 19
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- At the regional level, the right to take proceedings before a court in order to decide on the lawfulness of detention is provided by article 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, article 7 of the American Convention on Human Rights, article 14 of the Arab Charter on Human Rights and article 5, paragraph 4, of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Special Rapporteur has been made aware of several instances where that right has been restricted, inter alia through long delays between the beginning of detention and the date of the first review procedure.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
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Enjoyment of the rights to health and adequate housing by migrants 2010, para. 21
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- In analysing the normative content of this right, it is recalled that the right to health is not a right to good health, but rather a right to the enjoyment of a variety of facilities, goods, services and conditions necessary for the realization of the highest attainable standard of health. Such facilities, goods and services must be available, accessible, acceptable and of good quality.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
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The impact of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements on the human rights of migrants 2016, para. 90
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- The development of international trade is in the interest of all, but respect for the human rights of all individuals, regardless of their status, must be the fundamental principle that guides economic growth and advancements in social welfare.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. 12
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- The Special Rapporteur envisions an agenda that, building on target 10.7, outlines how human mobility can be facilitated effectively and underlines the importance of taking a long-term strategic approach to developing more accessible, regular, safe and affordable mobility policies and practices that will place States in a better position to respond to the significant demographic, economic, social, political and cultural challenges that lie ahead.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 79
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- States have assumed obligations to ensure equal access to justice for all within their borders by committing themselves to respecting, protecting and fulfilling several rights, including to an effective remedy, to equality before the courts and tribunals, to a fair trial, to legal assistance, to equality and equal protection of the law, access to justice without discrimination, to recognition as a person before the law and to seek and receive information.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Banking on mobility over a generation: follow-up to the regional study on the management of the external borders of the European Union and its impact on the human rights of migrants 2015, para. 60
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- Developing a human rights-based framework by tackling the most pressing concerns and sustaining the political will needed to stay the course of reform over a generation will allow the European Union to bank on the economic and social benefits of mobility.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
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