A/HRC/25/19 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. 11 12 13 12 E/2013/82. Available from www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Migration/MigrationHR_improvingHR_Report.pdf. General Assembly resolution 68/4.

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