International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

A/RES/59/262View PDF

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A document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 105aImplementation of human rights instruments, published in 2005.

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14 versions · 1991–2005

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Advisory Services Conference Facilities Declarations Human Rights Monitoring Information Dissemination Intergovernmental Organizations International Migration Migrant Workers Migrant Workers' Families Non-Governmental Organizations Periodic Reports Report Preparation Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Technical Cooperation Treaties Treaty-Monitoring Bodies

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Welcomes the increasing number of signatures, ratifications or accessions to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, calls upon States parties to undertake the necessary measures for the implementation of the Convention, and takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention;

Calls upon all Member States that have not yet done so to consider urgently signing and ratifying or acceding to the Convention, with the aim of achieving a broader participation by Member States in the Convention;

Welcomes the establishment of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, as well as the report on its first session, held in Geneva from 1 to 5 March 2004, and takes note of the rules of procedure adopted by the Committee;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide all the necessary facilities and assistance for the effective functioning of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, making efficient use of available resources;

Invites the Committee to take into account the work done by other human rights treaty bodies and special procedures of the Commission on Human Rights to promote and protect the human rights of migrant workers, as well as the work of other international forums and other parts of the United Nations system in addressing issues of international migration;

Also invites the Committee to take into account the efforts by the other human rights treaty bodies and the Secretary-General aimed at improving the effectiveness of the treaty body system;

Calls upon States parties to the Convention to submit in due time their first periodic report, as requested in article 73 of the Convention;

Invites States parties to the Convention to consider making the declarations foreseen in articles 76 and 77 of the Convention;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide all the facilities and assistance necessary for the active promotion of the Convention through the programme of advisory services and technical cooperation in the field of human rights;

Welcomes the increasing activities undertaken by the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to disseminate information on and promote understanding of the importance of the Convention, and invites them to intensify further their efforts in this regard;

Also welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the human rights of migrants in relation to the Convention, and encourages her to persevere in her efforts;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on the status of the Convention and on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session.

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