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smuggling of migrants, recognizing that these crimes may endanger the lives of migrants or
subject them to harm, servitude or exploitation, which may also include debt bondage,
slavery, sexual exploitation or forced labour, and also encourages Member States to
strengthen international cooperation to combat such trafficking and smuggling;
6.
Requests States, recognizing the efforts made in this regard, to ensure respect
for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, and:
(a)
To effectively promote and protect the human rights and fundamental
freedoms of all migrants, including, in particular, the right to life and physical integrity,
especially that of women and children, regardless of their immigration status, in conformity
with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international instruments to which
they are party;
(b)
To adopt concrete measures to prevent violations of the human rights of
migrants while in transit, including in ports and airports and at borders and migration
checkpoints, to train public officials who work in those facilities and in border areas to treat
migrants and their families respectfully and in accordance with the law, and to prosecute, in
conformity with applicable law, any act of violation of the human rights of migrants and
their families, such as arbitrary detention, torture and violations of the right to life,
including extrajudicial executions, during their transit from their country of origin to the
country of destination and vice versa, including their transit through national borders;
(c)
To undertake, in cooperation with relevant organizations, information
campaigns aimed at clarifying prospects, limitations, potential risks and rights in the event
of migration in order to enable everyone, in particular women and 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;
7.
Expresses its concern at legislation and measures adopted by some States that
may restrict the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, and reaffirms that,
when exercising their sovereign right to enact and implement migratory and border security
measures, States have the duty to comply with their obligations under international law,
including international human rights law, in order to ensure full respect for the human
rights of migrants;
8.
Calls upon all States to respect the human rights and the inherent dignity of
migrants and to put an end to arbitrary arrest and detention and, where necessary, to review
detention periods in order to avoid excessive detention of irregular migrants, and to adopt,
where applicable, alternative measures to detention;
9.
Reiterates its concern at:
(a)
The increasing activities of transnational and national organized crime and
others who profit from crimes against migrants, especially women and children, without
regard for dangerous and inhumane conditions and in flagrant violation of domestic laws
and international law and contrary to international standards;
(b)
The high level of impunity enjoyed by traffickers and their accomplices as
well as other members of organized crime and, in this context, the denial of rights and
justice to migrants who have suffered from abuse;
10.
Encourages States to protect victims of national and transnational organized
crime, including kidnapping, trafficking and, in some instances, smuggling, through, where
applicable, the implementation of programmes and policies that guarantee protection and
access to medical, psychosocial and legal assistance;
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