A/HRC/12/50
(a)
Development of data on the situation of children left behind in countries of
origin in order to better understand the impact of migration processes on their well-being
and enjoyment of their human rights;
(b)
Undertaking, in cooperation with relevant organizations, information
campaigns with a child perspective aimed at clarifying prospects, limitations, potential risks
and rights in the event of migration, in order to enable everyone, in particular children and
their family members, to make informed decisions and to prevent them from becoming
victims of trafficking or falling prey to transnational organized networks of smugglers or
organized criminal groups;
(c)
Strengthening relevant national institutions to address the particular needs of
children left behind in their country of origin;
3.
Further calls upon States to protect the human rights of children in the
context of migration, and therefore:
(a)
Calls upon States parties to the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime and the supplementing protocols thereto, namely, the
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air and the Protocol to
Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, to
implement them fully, and calls upon States that have not yet ratified or acceded to them to
consider doing so as a matter of priority;
(b)
Encourages States to establish institutionalized services and implement
programmes to provide age- and gender-sensitive support and protection to migrant
children, with due regard for the specific needs of children in vulnerable situations, such as
unaccompanied children, girls, children with disabilities and those who may be in need of
international refugee protection;
(c)
Requests all States to take concrete measures to prevent the violation of the
human rights of migrant children while in transit, and to train public officials to detect and
treat them respectfully, in a sensitive and age-appropriate manner and in accordance with
their international obligations;
(d)
Calls upon States to ensure that migrant children, especially those who are
unaccompanied and those who are victims of violence, exploitation, persecution and
conflict, receive special protection and assistance, in accordance with their international
obligations;
(e)
Encourages all States to apply a gender perspective when developing
migration policies and programmes in order to take the necessary measures to better protect
girls against dangers and abuse during migration;
(f)
Urges States to ensure that repatriation mechanisms allow for the
identification and special protection of children, and that repatriation processes fully respect
the rights of the child and take into account, in conformity with their international
obligations and commitments, the principles of the best interests of the child and nonrefoulement, and family reunification;
4.
Reaffirms that the arrest, imprisonment or detention of a child should be in
conformity with the law and the international obligations of the State, and recalls in this
context article 37 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which provides that such
measures should be taken only as a last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of
time, and urges States to protect effectively the rights of children affected by the detention
of their parents, guardians or family members because of their migratory status and, in this
regard:
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