A/HRC/RES/34/21
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
7 April 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fourth session
27 February–24 March 2017
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 24 March 2017
34/21.
Human rights of migrants: mandate of the Special Rapporteur
on the human rights of migrants
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaims that all
human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that everyone is entitled to
all the rights and freedoms set out therein, without distinction of any kind, in particular as
to race, colour, sex, religion or national origin,
Recalling all international norms and standards relevant to the human rights of
migrants,
Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1999/44 of 27 April 1999,
2002/62 of 25 April 2002 and 2005/47 of 19 April 2005, General Assembly and Human
Rights Council resolutions on the human rights of migrants, and Council resolutions 8/10 of
18 June 2008, 17/12 of 17 June 2011 and 26/19 of 26 June 2014 entitled “Human rights of
migrants: mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants”,
Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March
2006,
Recalling its resolutions 5/1, on the institution-building of the Human Rights
Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate Holders of the
Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her
duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
Resolved to ensure respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all
migrants,
1.
Decides to extend for a period of three years, effective from the end of its
thirty-fifth session, the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants,
with the following functions:
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