A/RES/54/166 Page 2 Taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/44 of 27 April 1999 on the human rights of migrants,6 and of its decision to appoint a special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Recalling its resolution 40/144 of 13 December 1985, by which it approved the Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live, Bearing in mind the situation of vulnerability in which migrants frequently find themselves, owing, inter alia, to their absence from their State of origin and to the difficulties they encounter because of differences of language, custom and culture, as well as the economic and social difficulties and obstacles for the return to their States of origin of migrants who are non-documented or in an irregular situation, Deeply concerned at the manifestations of violence, racism, xenophobia and other forms of discrimination and inhuman and degrading treatment against migrants, especially women and children, in different parts of the world, Encouraged by the increasing interest of the international community in the effective and full protection of the human rights of all migrants, and underlining the need to make further efforts to ensure respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, Taking note with appreciation of the recommendations on strengthening the promotion, protection and implementation of the human rights of migrants of the working group of intergovernmental experts on the human rights of migrants7 established by the Commission on Human Rights, Noting the efforts made by States to penalize the international trafficking of migrants and to protect the victims of this illegal activity, Taking note of the decisions of the relevant international juridical bodies on questions relating to migrants, particularly advisory opinion OC-16/99, issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on 1 October 1999, regarding the right to information about consular assistance within the framework of due process guarantees, 1. Requests all Member States, in conformity with their respective constitutional systems, effectively to promote and protect the human rights of all migrants, in conformity with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights1 and the international instruments to which they are party, which may include the International Covenants on Human Rights,8 the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,9 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,10 the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,11 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against 6 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1999, Supplement No. 3 (E/1999/23), chap. II, sect. A. 7 E/CN.4/1999/80, paras. 102-124. 8 Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. Resolution 39/46, annex. 9 10 Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex. 11 Resolution 45/158, annex. /...