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

A/RES/61/162View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 67b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2007.

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7 subjects

Family Reunification Freedom of Movement Laws and Regulations Migrant Workers' Families Migrants Remittances Travel Restrictions

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5 operative paragraphs

Once again calls upon all States to guarantee the universally recognized freedom of travel to all foreign nationals legally residing in their territory;

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

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

Also calls upon all States to refrain from enacting, and to repeal if it already exists, legislation intended as a coercive measure that discriminates against individuals or groups of legal migrants by adversely affecting family reunification and the right to send financial remittances to relatives in the country of origin;

Decides to continue its consideration of the question at its sixty-third session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”.

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