Protection of migrants 2013, para. 4(a)

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 all States to respect the human rights and inherent dignity of migrants, to put an end to arbitrary arrest and detention and, in order to avoid excessive detention of irregular migrants, to review, where necessary, detention periods and to use alternatives to detention, where appropriate, including measures that have been successfully implemented by some States;
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
  • Persons on the move
  • Women
Année
2013
Type de paragraphe
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Protection of migrants (2013), A/RES/68/179, OP 4(a).
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
4(a)