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Honduras and Mexico to monitor the human rights of migrants. In follow-up to monitoring
missions carried out to border and transit locations in Europe, OHCHR published In Search
of Dignity: Report on the human rights of migrants at Europe's borders. In collaboration
with the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, OHCHR published a report Detained
and dehumanised: report on human rights abuses against migrants in Libya. In West
Africa, OHCHR and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) developed a
joint project to address human rights violations related to irregular migration, focusing on
Mali, the Niger and Senegal. In Tunisia, it launched a project on strengthening migration
governance and enhancing human rights at borders. OHCHR also monitored the Manus
Regional Processing Centre (run by Australia) in Papua New Guinea, and conducted
advocacy with relevant counterparts.
21.
The Office sought to develop to a more positive public narrative on migrants and
migration. In May, it held a multi-stakeholder meeting at which more than 50 experts
discussed partnerships and skills to promote inclusion and confront anti-migrant narratives.
During the sixth Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights, OHCHR co-hosted a
session on the issue.1
2.
Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
22.
OHCHR provided support to the Durban follow-up mechanisms, in particular the
Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action, the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of
Complementary Standards and the Working Group of Experts on People of African
descent.
23.
The Office continued to update its database on practical measures to combat racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in support of national efforts in
this area. It organized a second regional meeting for Europe, Central Asia and North
America within the framework of the International Decade for People of African Descent.
The continued technical assistance of OHCHR to the Moldovan Equality Council
contributed to its adoption of more than 50 decisions on discrimination cases. In Tunisia,
OHCHR assisted the authorities to develop a bill on racial discrimination, and ensured the
meaningful participation of civil society in the process.
3.
Discrimination on the basis of indigenous or minority status
24.
The effort made by OHCHR to combat discrimination based on indigenous or
minority status included raising awareness about the importance of the protection of
indigenous human rights defenders, including at the high-level event to mark the tenth
anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and in various country
contexts; launching a video showing how indigenous rights advocates invoked the
Declaration to achieve human rights progress; on the occasion of the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic,
Religious and Linguistic Minorities, drawing attention to the achievements and challenges
still faced in promoting and protecting minority rights; and supporting the tenth session of
the Forum on Minority Issues in November 2017.
25.
OHCHR also facilitated the launch of the new mandate of the Expert Mechanism on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and organized an expert seminar in Chile to prepare the
mechanism’s forthcoming study on free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples.
26.
The indigenous and minorities fellowship programmes sponsored 48 advocates from
46 indigenous and minority communities. The United Nations Voluntary Fund for
Indigenous Peoples facilitated the participation of 94 indigenous representatives in human
rights mechanisms.
27.
In Cambodia, OHCHR facilitated the participation of indigenous representatives in
consultations on draft legislation on agricultural land and other key issues. In the
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See www.ohchr.org/EN/issues/migration/pages/roleofbusiness.aspx.
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