A/HRC/16/64 81. The Working Group reaffirms that Member States are under obligation to protect fully and effectively the human rights of all migrants, regardless of their immigration status, in accordance with their obligations under international law. 82. The Working Group invites States to: (a) Adopt a human rights-based approach to migration and take measures towards that goal; (b) Design and implement awareness-raising campaigns and activities on migration aiming to prevent and eliminate negative perceptions of migrants, with particular emphasis on the promotion of intercultural dialogue and the values of solidarity, respect, tolerance and multiculturalism; (c) Formulate and implement training programmes for law enforcement, immigration and border officials, with a view to sensitizing them to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; (d) Adopt specific measures, including laws, on the protection of migrants and address the specific needs and vulnerabilities of migrants, in particular with regard to access to justice, health, education, housing and employment, in accordance with their obligations under international law and their commitments under the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action; (e) Take measures to facilitate the integration of migrants, with due respect to their cultures; (f) Put in place institutional frameworks and laws that effectively protect women and children migrants; (g) Adopt national action plans against racism that provide for the protection of migrants and are based on cooperation between Government, employers, trade unions and civil society and ensure their implementation; (h) Identify, broadly disseminate and share good practices on migration; (i) Implement their obligations under relevant International Labour Organization (ILO) and United Nations conventions, inter alia, ILO Convention No. 111 (1958) concerning Discrimination in respect of Employment and Occupation, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; (j) Urge cooperation among social partners, civil society and Governments in effectively implementing the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the Outcome Document of the Durban Review Conference; (k) discourse. Combat and eliminate negative stereotyping of migrants in public 83. The Working Groups invites ILO, the International Organization for Migration, OHCHR, the United Nations Development Programme, UNESCO, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and all other relevant international, regional, interregional and subregional organizations to take further actions, regarding racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance linked to migration, in accordance with their mandates. 17

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