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through international, regional or bilateral cooperation and dialogue and through a
comprehensive and balanced approach, recognizing the roles and responsibilities of
countries of origin, transit and destination in promoting and protecting the human
rights of all migrants, and avoiding approaches that might aggravate their
vulnerability;
Also calls upon States to ensure that their laws and policies, including in
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the areas of counter-terrorism and combating transnational organized crime such as
trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants, fully respect the human rights of
migrants;
Takes note with interest of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the
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Human Rights Council on the human rights of migrants; 11
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Calls upon States that have not done so to consider signing and ratifying
or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families9 as a matter of priority, and
requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to raise awareness of and
promote the Convention;
Urges States parties to the United Nations Convention against
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Transnational Organized Crime 12 and supplementing protocols thereto, namely, the
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air 13 and the Protocol
to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and
Children, 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;
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Takes note of the report of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights
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of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families on its fifth and sixth
sessions; 15
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Requests all States, international organizations and relevant stakeholders
to take into account in their policies and initiatives on migration issues the global
character of the migratory phenomenon and to give due consideration to
international, regional and bilateral cooperation in this field, including by
undertaking dialogues on migration that include countries of origin, destination and
transit, as well as civil society, including migrants, with a view to addressing, in a
comprehensive manner, inter alia, its causes and consequences and the challenge of
undocumented or irregular migration, granting priority to the protection of the
human rights of migrants;
Expresses concern about legislation and measures adopted by some
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States that may restrict the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, and
reaffirms that, when exercising their sovereign right to enact and implement
migratory and border security measures, States have the duty to comply with their
obligations under international law, including international human rights law, in
order to ensure full respect for the human rights of migrants;
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A/HRC/4/24 and Add.1–3; see also A/62/218.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2225, No. 39574.
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Ibid., vol. 2241, No. 39574.
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Ibid., vol. 2237, No. 39574.
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 48 (A/62/48).
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