A/HRC/RES/41/7
Welcoming the decision of the Secretary-General to establish the United Nations
Network on Migration to ensure effective and coherent system-wide support for Member
States in migration-related matters,
1.
Reaffirms the duty of all States to effectively promote, protect and respect the
human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons, without discrimination of any kind,
in conformity with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and their obligations under
international law;
2.
Recommits to ensuring full respect for the human rights and fundamental
freedoms of all migrants, regardless of their migration status, and to supporting countries of
origin, transit and destination in the spirit of international cooperation, taking into account
national circumstances;
3.
Welcomes the role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights as member of the Executive Committee of the United Nations Network on Migration,
and requests the Office of the High Commissioner to maintain an active engagement therein,
including by involving all relevant human rights bodies and special procedures, to ensure
efficiency in mainstreaming human rights in the context of international migration, and to
provide practical guidance to States that require it on the development of their national
migration policies;
4.
Invites special procedure mandate holders and the treaty bodies, in accordance
with their respective mandates and in coordination with the United Nations system as a
whole, to contribute to the objectives of the United Nations Network on Migration;
5.
Takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of
migrants,1 and requests him to continue to report on solutions and to contribute to and
participate in key discussions relating to the promotion and protection of the human rights of
migrants, including with respect to the large movement of migrants, by identifying best
practices and concrete areas and means for international cooperation in order to enhance the
protection of the human rights of migrants, and to continue to pay attention to the topic of
the universal enjoyment of human rights for all migrants;
6.
Encourages States and regional and international organizations to enhance
their cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants;
7.
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
39th meeting
11 July 2019
[Adopted without a vote.]
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A/HRC/41/38.
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