A/68/283 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted to the General Assembly by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, pursuant to resolution 67/172. II. Activities 2. During the period under review, the Special Rapporteur participated in a number of conferences and events related to his mandate, including the sixth meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development, held in Mauritius in November 2012. 3. In February 2013, he participated at the Eleventh Coordination Meeting on International Migration in New York, and he was the keynote speaker at the third round table of the 2013 High-Level Dialogue series on the theme “Towards the 2013 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development: measures to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of all migrants, with particular reference to women and children, as well as to prevent and combat the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons and to ensure regular, orderly and safe migration”. 4. In April 2013, he participated in a seminar organized in Brussels by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the implementation by European Union member States of recommendations of human rights mechanisms with regard to migration. 5. In May 2013, the Special Rapporteur presented his second annual report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/23/46), focusing on the management of the external borders of the European Union and its impact on the human rights of migrants, with accompanying country visit reports on his missions to Greece, Italy, Tunisia and Turkey. The reports were the result of a year-long study during which the Special Rapporteur liaised closely with the European Union. He travelled to Brussels in May 2013 to present the final report to the European Union. 6. In June 2013, the Special Rapporteur was the general rapporteur at a seminar organized in Strasbourg, France, by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Court of Human Rights on the occasion of the launch of a handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration. 7. Also in June 2013, he participated in an expert meeting on migration, human rights and governance organized by OHCHR. III. Thematic section: a human rights framework for global migration governance A. Background 8. Migration is a complex phenomenon which affects most, if not all, States in the world and is closely linked to other global issues, such as development, health, environment and trade. States have created international frameworks for such other 13-42115 3/26