Protection of migrants 2013, para. 4(d)

Paragraphe
Paragraph text
[Also reaffirms the duty of States to effectively promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, especially those of women and children, regardless of their migration status, in conformity with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international instruments to which they are party, and therefore:] Calls upon States to prosecute, in conformity with applicable law, acts of violation of the human rights of migrants and their families, such as arbitrary detention, torture and violations of the right to life, including extrajudicial executions, during their transit from the country of origin to the country of destination and vice versa, including transit across national borders;
Status juridique
Negotiated soft law
Organe
United Nations General Assembly
Type de document
Resolution
Mode d'adoption
Consensus
Thèmes
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Personnes concernées
  • Children
  • Families
  • Persons on the move
  • Women
Année
2013
Type de paragraphe
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Protection of migrants (2013), A/RES/68/179, OP 4(d).
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
4(d)