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Principle 18. Respect and support the activities of human rights defenders and
others working to rescue and provide assistance to migrants. 31
Principle 19. Improve the collection of disaggregated data on the human rights
situation of migrants, while ensuring the right to privacy and protection of personal
data.32
Principle 20. Build capacity and promote cooperation amongst and between all
relevant stakeholders to ensure a gender-responsive and human rights-based
approach to migration governance and to understand and address the drivers of the
movement of migrants.33
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See Universal Declaration of Human Rights, arts. 19 and 20 (1); International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, arts. 19, 21, 22 and 25; International Convention for the Protection of All Persons
from Enforced Disappearance, art. 3. Regional norms, including the Convention for the Protection of
Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, art. 11; American Convention on Human Rights, arts. 13,
15 and 16; African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, arts. 10 and 11; and Arab Charter on
Human Rights, art. 26.
See Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, art. 31; Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and
Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, art. 9. Regional norms including the African
Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art. 45 (1) (a).
See Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 22 (1); Charter of the United Nations, Articles 1 (3)
and 56; International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, art. 2 (1); Convention
relating to the Status of Refugees, art. 35; United Nations Convention Against Transnational
Organized Crime, art. 1; Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea And Air,
supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, arts. 2, 7, 14
(2) (e) and 18 (6); Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially
Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime, art. 2.
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