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austerity measures on economic and social rights, particularly on the rights to work and
social security.11
57.
In July and August, OHCHR organized two major expert consultations to discuss
emerging issues with regard to economic and social rights: on the right to health in armed
conflict, and on the right to social security.
58.
OHCHR provided support regarding the right to adequate housing and land-related
rights in various States, including Cambodia, Colombia, Fiji, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Papua New Guinea, Serbia, Tajikistan and Turkey. In Haiti, the human rights component of
the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti is raising awareness on protection issues
in camps hosting internally displaced persons and on illegal forced evictions. The Office
also provided support on the rights to health and to water in the Republic of Moldova, and
on the right to food in Guatemala and in southern African countries. OHCHR supported
capacity-building in the monitoring of economic, social and cultural rights in Haiti,
Palestine, Slovenia and Tunisia and for the judicial protection of economic, social and
cultural rights in Chile and Guatemala. It also supported the inclusion of economic and
social rights in the development planning process in Uganda and the development of human
rights indicators, including for economic, social and cultural rights, in Albania, Bolivia
(Plurinational State of), Kazakhstan, Mexico, Paraguay and Serbia.
D.
Migration
59.
Over the past four years, OHCHR has significantly stepped up its work on human
rights issues related to migration. In the period under review, the Office continued to
promote the integration of human rights norms and standards in all aspects of migration
policy at the national, regional and international level. Through its field presences, OHCHR
also increasingly engaged in migration-related work by promoting relevant international
human rights instruments, including the International Convention on the Protection of the
Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, as well as training
activities, advocacy, technical assistance, monitoring and protection.
60.
In September, at the request of the Secretary-General, OHCHR issued an analytical
report entitled “Migration and Human Rights: Improving human rights-based governance
of international migration”,12 in which it identified important elements of a forward-looking
global agenda on migration and human rights.
61.
In September, OHCHR held in Geneva a high-level meeting on migration and
human rights with the aim of drawing attention to the human rights of migrants within the
context of the forthcoming international discussions on migration.
62.
I welcome the adoption by the General Assembly, in October, of the Declaration of
the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development,13 in which the
Assembly reaffirmed the need to promote and protect effectively the human rights and
fundamental freedoms of all migrants, regardless of their status. During the Dialogue, I
called for a paradigm shift on migration, highlighting the need for the international
community to put in place human rights-based responses to migration, including a
presumption against immigration detention and ensuring that all border governance
measures comply with human rights standards and principles.
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E/2013/82.
Available from
www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Migration/MigrationHR_improvingHR_Report.pdf.
General Assembly resolution 68/4.
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