Useful UN documents, statements and related resources on the protection of the human rights of migrants
This is a list of mostly relatively recent, and relatively brief, pieces in some cases specifically produced in the context of the Compact. The list does not include the core human rights instruments and labor standards themselves.
2017 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Statement on the Duties of States towards refugees and migrants under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 13 March 2017, E/C.12/2017/1, http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CESCR/Pages/CESCRIndex.aspx
2010 UN Global Migration Group statement on rights of migrants in an irregular situation, http://www.globalmigrationgroup.org/content/human-rights-overview
2013 Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, report to the UN General Assembly on a human-rights framework for global migration governance, https://documents.un.org/prod/ods.nsf/home.xsp, and search for symbol A/68/283
2017 Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, report to the 35th Human Rights Council on a 2035 Agenda for facilitating human mobility, http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Migration/A_HRC_35_25_EN.pdf
CERD General Recommendation XXX on Discrimination against non-citizens, http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/docs/CERD-GC30.doc
UNWomen recommendations for the Global Compact, http://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2017/3/addressing-womens-rights-in-global-compact-for-migration
ILO Labour Standards, http://www.ilo.org/global/standards/introduction-to-international-labour-standards/lang–en/index.htm
Global Migration Group/OHCHR Principles and Guidelines, supported by practical guidance, on the human rights protection of migrants in vulnerable situations (DRAFT), http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Migration/Pages/Draftsforcomments.aspx
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