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Principle 10. Guarantee the human rights of all children in the context of migration
and ensure that they are treated as children first and foremost. 23
Principle 11. Protect the human rights of migrant women and girls. 24
Principle 12. Ensure the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical
and mental health of all migrants.25
Principle 13. Safeguard the right of migrants to an adequate standard of living. 26
Principle 14. Guarantee the right of migrants to work in just and favourable
conditions.27
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Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights, art. 15 (1) and (2); African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art. 18 (1)
and (2); Arab Charter on Human Rights, arts. 17 and 38.
See Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 26; Convention on the Rights of the Child;
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, art. 24; International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, art. 10 (3); International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, arts. 12 (4), 17 (6), 29, 30 and 45 (2) and (4);
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, art. 18 (2); International Convention for the
Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, art. 25 (a); Protocol against the Smuggling of
Migrants by Land, Sea And Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime, art. 16 (4); Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime, arts. 3 (c) and (d), 6 (4) and 10 (2). Regional norms including the
American Convention on Human Rights, art. 19; African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art.
18 (3); Arab Charter on Human Rights, art. 38 (b).
See Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 26; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, art. 3;
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, art. 10 (2); Protocol against the
Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea And Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime, art. 16 (4); Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in
Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime, art. 10 (2). Regional norms, including the Council of Europe
Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul
Convention); African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art. 18 (3), and its Protocol on the
Rights of Women in Africa, including in particular art. 2; Inter-American Convention on the
Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women, including in particular art. 9.
See Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 25; International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, art. 12; International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, art. 5; Convention on the Rights of the Child, art. 3 (3); International Convention on
the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, art. 28;
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, art. 12 (1);
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, art. 25; Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and
Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, art. 6 (3). Regional norms including the African
Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art. 16, and its Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa,
art. 14; Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, art. 10 (1).
See Universal Declaration of Human Rights, arts. 21 (2), 22 (1), 24 and 25 (1); International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, arts. 9 and 11 (1); Protocol to Prevent, Suppress
and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, art. 6 (4); Convention relating to the
Status of Refugees, arts. 21, 23 and 24; Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, arts.
21, 23 and 24. Regional norms, including the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art. 13
(2) and (3); and the Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, art. 9.
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