A/RES/70/147
Protection of migrants
conditions and to ensure that all women, including care workers, are legally
protected against violence and exploitation;
(f) Encourages States to implement gender-sensitive policies and
programmes for women migrant workers, to provide safe and legal channels that
recognize the skills and education of women migrant workers and, as appropriate, to
facilitate their productive employment, decent work and integration into the labour
force, including in the fields of education and science and technology;
(g) Encourages all States to develop international migration policies and
programmes that include a gender perspective, in order to adopt the measures
necessary to better protect women and girls against dangers and abuse during
migration;
(h) Calls upon States to protect the human rights of migrant children, given
their vulnerability, particularly unaccompanied migrant children, ensuring that the
best interests of the child are a primary consideration in their legislation, policies
and practices, including on integration, return and family reunification;
(i) Encourages all States to prevent and eliminate discriminatory policies
and legislation at all levels of government that deny migrant c hildren access to
education and, while taking into account the best interests of the child as a primary
consideration, to foster the successful integration of migrant children into the
education system and the removal of barriers to their education in host countries and
countries of origin;
(j) Reminds all States that all persons, including migrants, should have
access to lifelong learning opportunities that help them acquire the knowledge and
skills needed to take advantage of opportunities and to participate fully in society;
(k) Urges States to ensure that repatriation mechanisms allow for the
identification and special protection of persons in vulnerable situations, including
unaccompanied children and persons with disabilities, and take into account, in
conformity with their international obligations and commitments, the principle of
the best interests of the child, clarity of reception and care arrangements and family
reunification;
(l) Urges States parties to the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto, 12 in particular the
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing
the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 13 and the
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women
and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime, 14 to implement them fully, and calls upon States that have not
done so to consider ratifying or acceding to them as a matter of priority;
6.
Encourages States to take into account the conclusions and
recommendations of the study of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights on challenges and best practices in the
implementation of the international framework for the protection of the rights of the
child in the context of migration 23 when designing and implementing their migration
policies;
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