Protection of Migrants

A/RES/54/166View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 116b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

22 versions · 2000–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/218

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/218	Protection of migrants	5,961	69%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/217	Protection of migrants	6,518	67%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/172	Protection of migrants	5,336	78%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/148	Protection of migrants	4,723	87%Compare
2018	A/RES/72/179	Protection of migrants	4,492	90%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

15 reports · 2004–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/HRC/61/31	Human rights of migrants report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/217
2023	A/HRC/54/81	Human rights of migrants report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/172
2020	A/HRC/45/30	Human rights of migrants report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/148
2019	A/74/271	Human rights of migrants report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/179
2016	A/71/284	Promotion and protection of human rights, including ways and means to promote the human rights of migrants report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/147

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Human Rights Human Rights Violations Illicit Traffic Immigration Policy International Instruments Migrant Workers Migrant Workers' Families Migrants Migration Policy Non-Citizens Racial Discrimination Special Rapporteurs

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

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,⁹ the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,¹⁰ the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,¹¹ the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,¹² the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,¹³ the Convention on the Rights of the Child¹⁴ and other applicable international human rights instruments;

⁹Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

¹⁰Resolution 39/46, annex.

¹¹Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.

¹²Resolution 45/158, annex.

¹³Resolution 34/180, annex.

¹⁴Resolution 44/25, annex.

Strongly condemns all forms of racial discrimination and xenophobia with regard to access to employment, vocational training, housing, schooling, health services and social services, as well as services intended for use by the public, and welcomes the active role played by governmental and non-governmental organizations in combating racism and assisting individual victims of racist acts, including migrant victims;

Calls upon all States to review and, where necessary, revise immigration policies with a view to eliminating all discriminatory policies and practices against migrants and to provide specialized training for government policy-making and law enforcement, immigration and other concerned officials, thus underlining the importance of effective action to create conditions that foster greater harmony and tolerance within societies;

Reiterates the need for all States to protect fully the universally recognized human rights of migrants, especially women and children, regardless of their legal status, and to provide humane treatment, particularly with regard to assistance and protection, including those under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,¹⁵ regarding the right to receive consular assistance from the country of origin;

¹⁵United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 596, No. 8638.

Welcomes the decision of the Commission on Human Rights to appoint a special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants to examine ways and means to overcome the obstacles existing to the full and effective protection of the human rights of this vulnerable group, including obstacles and difficulties for the return of migrants who are non-documented or in an irregular situation, with the following functions:

To request and receive information from all relevant sources, including migrants themselves, on violations of the human rights of migrants and their families;

To formulate appropriate recommendations to prevent and remedy violations of the human rights of migrants, wherever they may occur;

To promote the effective application of relevant international norms and standards on the issue;

To recommend actions and measures applicable at the national, regional and international levels to eliminate violations of the human rights of migrants;

To take into account a gender perspective when requesting and analysing information, as well as to give special attention to the occurrence of multiple discrimination and violence against migrant women;

Requests all Governments to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the performance of the tasks and duties mandated and to furnish all information requested, including by reacting promptly to his/her urgent appeals;

Encourages Member States that have not yet done so to enact domestic criminal legislation to combat international trafficking of migrants, which should take into account, in particular, trafficking that endangers the lives of migrants or includes different forms of servitude or exploitation, such as any form of debt bondage, sexual or labour exploitation, and to strengthen international cooperation to combat such trafficking;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution under the sub-item entitled “Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms”.

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