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Principle 15. Protect the right of migrants to education, including primary,
secondary and higher education and vocational and language training. 28
Principle 16. Uphold migrants’ right to information.29
Principle 17. Guarantee monitoring and accountability in all responses to migration,
including in large and/or mixed movements of migrants. 30
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See Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 23; International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, arts. 6 and 7; International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, art. 5 (e) (i); International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families, art. 25 (1); Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, in
particular art. 17; Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, chap. III. Regional norms,
including the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art. 15; Additional Protocol to the
American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, arts. 6
and 7.
See Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 26 (1); International Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, art. 5 (e) (v); International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, art. 13; Convention on the Rights of the Child, art. 28; International Convention on
the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, art. 30; 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) and
(4); Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, art. 22; Convention relating to the Status of
Stateless Persons, art. 22; Convention Against Discrimination in Education, art. 1. Regional norms
including Protocol No. 1 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms, art. 2; African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art. 17 (1); Additional Protocol to
the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, art.
13 (1) and (3).
See Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 19; Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, art.
36 (1) (b); International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, arts. 14 and 19 (1) and (2);
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, art. 5;
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, arts. 18 and
20; International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of
Their Families, arts. 16 (5), 18 (3) (a) and 22 (3); Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by
Land, Sea And Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized
Crime, art. 16 (5); Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially
Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime, art. 6 (2) and (3). Regional norms, including the American Convention on Human
Rights, art. 7 (4); and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art. 9 (1).
See Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 8; International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, arts. 2 (3) (a) and (c) and 40; International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
art. 16 (1), with resolution 1985/17 of the Economic and Social Council establishing the Committee
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Racial Discrimination, arts. 6, 8 and 9; Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, art. 14 (1), 17, 19 and 20; Convention on the Rights of the
Child, arts. 39, 43 and 44; International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families, arts. 72, 73 and 83; Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities, arts. 33, 34 and 35; International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from
Enforced Disappearance, arts. 8 (2), 24 (4), 26 and 29; Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish
Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, art. 6 (6); Rome Statute of the International
Criminal Court, Art. 75 (1). Regional norms including the Convention for the Protection of Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, art. 13; American Convention on Human Rights, arts. 10, 41 and
62; African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, arts. 26 (1) and 45; Arab Charter on Human
Rights, arts. 40 and 41.
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