Respect for the Universal Freedom of Travel and the Vital Importance of Family Reunification

A/RES/49/182View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 1995.

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Family Reunification Financial Flows Freedom of Movement Law Reform Laws and Regulations Migrants Remittances

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Calls upon all States to ensure the universally recognized freedom of travel to all foreign nationals legally residing in their territory;

Reaffirms that all Governments, particularly those of receiving countries, must recognize the vital importance of family reunification and promote its integration into their national legislation in order to ensure the protection of the unity of the families of documented migrants;

Calls upon all States to allow, in conformity with national legislation, the free flow of financial remittances by foreign nationals residing in their territory to their relatives in the country of origin;

Also calls upon all States to discourage and reverse legislation that adversely affects the family reunification of documented migrants and the transfer of financial remittances;

Requests the Commission on Human Rights to consider this issue at its fifty-first session.

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