A/RES/56/170 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 11 the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,12 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 13 the Convention on the Rights of the Child 14 and other applicable international human rights instruments; 3. Strongly condemns all forms of racial discrimination and xenophobia with regard to access to employment, vocational training, housing, schooling, health services and social services, as well as services intended for use by the public, and welcomes the active role played by governmental and non-governmental organizations in combating racism and assisting individual victims of racist acts, including migrant victims; 4. Calls upon all States to review and, where necessary, revise immigration policies with a view to eliminating all discriminatory practices against migrants and to provide specialized training for government policy-making and law enforcement, immigration and other concerned officials, thus underlining the importance of effective action to create conditions that foster greater harmony and tolerance within societies; 5. Reiterates the need for all States parties to protect fully the universally recognized human rights of migrants, especially women and children, regardless of their legal status, and to treat them humanely, in particular with regard to assistance and protection; 6. Reaffirms emphatically the duty of States parties to ensure full respect for and observance of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963, 15 in particular with regard to the right of foreign nationals, regardless of their immigration status, to communicate with a consular official of their own State in the case of detention, and the obligation of the State in whose territory the detention occurs to inform the foreign national of that right; 7. Reaffirms the responsibility of Governments to safeguard and protect the rights of migrants against illegal or violent acts, in particular acts of racial discrimination and crimes perpetrated with racist or xenophobic motivation by individuals or groups, and urges them to reinforce measures in this regard; 8. Urges all States to adopt effective measures to put an end to the arbitrary arrest and detention of migrants, including by individuals or groups; 9. Expresses its support for the work of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the human rights of migrants, and requests her to take into account the recommendations contained in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action 16 in the performance of her mandate, tasks and duties; 10. Encourages Member States that have not yet done so to enact domestic criminal legislation to combat the international trafficking of migrants, which should take into account, in particular, trafficking that endangers the lives of _______________ 11 Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex. Resolution 45/158, annex. 13 Resolution 34/180, annex. 14 Resolution 44/25, annex. 15 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 596, No. 8638. 16 See A/CONF.189/12, chap. I. 12 3