A/HRC/34/31 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 32/14, in which the Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as Co-Chair of the Global Migration Group Working Group on Migration, Human Rights and Gender Equality, to continue to develop principles and practical guidance on the protection of the human rights of migrants in vulnerable situations within large and/or mixed movements, on the basis of existing legal norms, and to report thereon to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-fourth session. 2. Accordingly, on 27 October 2016, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) addressed a note verbale to Member States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, seeking their views and information on the issue. Written submissions were received from States, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and individual experts.1 3. The Global Migration Group Working Group on Migration, Human Rights and Gender Equality, led by the High Commissioner as Co-Chair, is developing the principles and guidelines through a human rights-based, multi-stakeholder, expert process, which is open to the involvement of all relevant actors.2 This initiative reflects the primary stated purpose of the Global Migration Group, which is “to promote the wider application of all relevant international and regional instruments and norms relating to migration” and “to encourage the adoption of more coherent, comprehensive approaches to the issue of international migration”.3 4. The draft principles and guidelines have already been referenced in reports to the Human Rights Council and General Assembly (see A/HRC/33/67, and A/71/285, para. 106). States have acknowledged and called for the continuation of the process of developing the principles and guidelines (see the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, para. 51 and Council resolution 32/14). 5. In view of considerations of space, the present report provides an introduction and 20 draft principles, as derived from international human rights law. The report should be read in conjunction with the related conference room paper outlining a set of draft guidelines, which complement each principle. 4 The principles and guidelines are currently 1 2 3 4 In addition to submissions from a large number of non-governmental organizations and individual experts, submissions were received from the following States; Australia, Cuba, Ghana, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Peru, Qatar, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey and the European Union. The submissions can be found on the migration page of the OHCHR website at www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Migration/Pages/largeandormixedmovements.aspx. Members of the Working Group on Migration, Human Rights and Gender Equality include the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), OHCHR, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations University, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWomen) and the World Health Organization. The group is co-chaired by OHCHR and UN-Women. See www.globalmigrationgroup.org/system/files/uploads/documents/Final_GMG_Terms_of_Reference_p rioritized.pdf and www.globalmigrationgroup.org/what-is-the-gmg. Each principle is illustrated by a set of related practical interventions, “promising practices”, which are examples of measures that have been implemented by States and other stakeholders and are intended to encourage practical action to give effect to the principles and guidelines. 3