A/HRC/33/51 Human and Peoples’ Rights of the new Principles and Guidelines on Human and Peoples’ Rights while Countering Terrorism in Africa. 19 45. On 26 April 2016, the Working Group, jointly with other special procedure mandate holders, issued a press release at the occasion of the final report by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, emphasizing that much still needed to be done in Mexico to bring truth and justice in relation to the case of the of the 43 student teachers of Ayotzinapa, disappeared in September 2014.20 G. Enforced disappearance in the context of migration 46. The phenomenon of disappearances of migrating individuals in transit and in destination countries is increasingly being documented by States, non-governmental organizations and the media. 47. During its 105th session, and later in its 2015 annual report (see A/HRC/30/38, para. 96), the Working Group announced that it would address the issue of enforced disappearances in the context of migration. In the present document, the Working Group outlines the main issues surrounding the phenomenon of enforced disappearances of migrants, with the aim of further studying it over the course of the next reporting cycle, including through expert meetings and/or consultations with other relevant actors working on and interested in the issue. 48. The study will focus on enforced or involuntary disappearances of persons21 in the context of migration. It will also examine other similar practices undertaken by private actors in the context of migration, including acts of human trafficking or smuggling of migrants, which could be tantamount to enforced or involuntary disappearances.22 49. While there is no universally recognized definition of the concept of migrant, the Working Group will refer to it as any person who is outside a State of which he or she is a citizen or national, or, in the case of a stateless person, his or her State of birth or habitual residence.23 Accordingly, for the purpose of the study, the Working Group will consider the term “migrants” as encompassing asylum seekers and refugees, as well as persons who migrate for economic, labour, climate or other reasons.24 50. In the short presentation of that theme in the present report, the Working Group briefly highlights the following issues, with the aim of further analysing them over the course of the coming months: 19 20 21 22 23 24 8 (a) Migration caused by enforced disappearances; (b) Enforced disappearances of migrants; See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=19790&LangID=E. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=19883&LangID=E. See preamble of the Declaration. See also International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. See article 3 of the Convention. See OHCHR, Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights at International Borders (2014) chap. I, para. 10. Available from www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Migration/ OHCHR_Recommended_Principles_Guidelines.pdf. See also E/CN.4/2000/82, para. 36. See, for example, www.unhcr.org/en-us/mixed-migration.html. See also International Organization for Migration, Glossary on Migration (2014). Available from www.iomvienna.at/sites/default/files/IML_1_EN.pdf.

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