E/CN.4/2002/94 page 25 that will shortly be put before the General Assembly constitute a fundamental working agenda for addressing violations of the human rights of migrants arising from discrimination, racism, xenophobia and related intolerance. 97. The Special Rapporteur recommends that States should give priority to setting up their national programmes arising from the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, especially practical steps to protect the rights of migrant women and children, particularly against abuses committed in the context of domestic employment and smuggling and trafficking. Priority should also be given to the provisions relating to family reunification, which promotes the integration of migrants in the host countries. 98. The Special Rapporteur also considers it most important to follow up the recommendations contained in the document of the World Conference that relate to migration control policies and the protection of human rights, in particular the sections calling on States to ensure that their migration policies are consistent with their international human rights obligations and free of racism. 99. The Special Rapporteur considers that it is of fundamental importance that non-governmental organizations should continue their efforts to monitor and protect the human rights of migrants, as mentioned in the final document of the World Conference, and urges them to play an active part in the application of the provisions agreed in Durban. 100. The Special Rapporteur considers that it is of fundamental importance to follow up the provisions of the World Conference document which refer to promotion of participation by States in regional dialogue and the negotiation of bilateral and regional agreements which, in consultation with civil society, cover management and control issues and the regulation and protection of human rights. 101. The Special Rapporteur urges States to review their domestic legislation to bring it into line with their international obligations relating to the protection of human rights, especially in the matter of non-discrimination. 102. The Special Rapporteur urges States to ratify the December 1990 Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, which requires only three more ratifications to enter into force. She also recommends that States should consider ratifying the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and in particular the two protocols to it - the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Air and Sea - which constitute major instruments for combating the impunity of these transnational criminal networks and the abuses they commit against their victims. 103. The Special Rapporteur strongly recommends to States that they should continue to address the issue of the human rights of migrants using an all-round approach which takes into account the situation of the families which remain behind in the home countries, especially minors, the violations committed during migrants’ journeys, particularly in the States through which they pass, and the phenomenon of smuggling, as referred to in Commission on Human Rights resolution 2001/56 on protection of migrants and their families.

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