A/RES/62/156
9.
Requests States to adopt concrete measures to prevent the violation of the
human rights of migrants while in transit, including in ports and airports and at
borders and migration checkpoints, to train public officials who work in those
facilities and in border areas to treat migrants respectfully and in accordance with
the law, and to prosecute, in conformity with applicable law, any act of violation of
the human rights of migrants, inter alia, arbitrary detention, torture and violations of
the right to life, including extrajudicial executions, during their transit from their
country of origin to the country of destination and vice versa, including their transit
through national borders;
10. Urges States to ensure that repatriation mechanisms allow for the
identification and special protection of persons in vulnerable situations and take into
account, in conformity with their international obligations and commitments, the
principle of the best interest of the child and family reunification;
11.
Underlines the right of migrants to return to their country of citizenship;
12. Reaffirms emphatically the duty of States parties to ensure full respect
for and observance of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,8 in particular
with regard to the right of all foreign nationals, regardless of their immigration
status, to communicate with a consular official of the sending State in case of arrest,
imprisonment, custody or detention, and the obligation of the receiving State to
inform the foreign national without delay of his or her rights under the Convention;
13. Strongly condemns the manifestations and acts of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance against migrants and the
stereotypes often applied to them, including on the basis of religion or belief, and
urges States to apply the existing laws when xenophobic or intolerant acts,
manifestations or expressions against migrants occur, in order to eradicate impunity
for those who commit xenophobic and racist acts;
14. Requests all States, in conformity with national legislation and applicable
international legal instruments to which they are party, to enforce labour law
effectively, including by addressing violations of such law, with regard to migrant
workers’ labour relations and working conditions, inter alia, those related to their
remuneration and conditions of health, safety at work and the right to freedom of
association;
15. Encourages all States to remove obstacles that may prevent the safe,
unrestricted and expeditious transfer of remittances of migrants to their country of
origin or to any other countries, in conformity with applicable legislation, and to
consider, as appropriate, measures to solve other problems that may impede such
transfers;
16. Welcomes immigration programmes, adopted by some countries, that
allow migrants to integrate fully into the host countries, facilitate family
reunification and promote a harmonious, tolerant and respectful environment, and
encourages States to consider the possibility of adopting these types of programmes;
17. Requests Member States, the United Nations system, international
organizations, civil society and all relevant stakeholders, especially the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on the
human rights of migrants, to ensure that the perspective of the human rights of
migrants is included among the priority issues in the ongoing discussions on
international migration and development within the United Nations system, bearing
in mind the discussions of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and
Development held pursuant to General Assembly resolution 58/208 of 23 December
2003;
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