A/RES/72/149 Violence against women migrant workers Recognizing also that the vulnerabilities documented for women migrant workers highlight increasingly complex migration contexts and channels, where migrant workers may find themselves in life-threatening situations when entering other countries, Highlighting measures adopted by some countries of destination to alleviate the plight of women migrant workers residing in their areas of jurisdiction and to promote access to justice, including through the establishment of gender-sensitive protection mechanisms for migrant workers, by facilitating their access to mechanisms for reporting complaints or providing assistance during legal pro ceedings and by promoting actions to protect migrant women who are victims of violence, Underlining the important role of relevant United Nations treaty bodies in monitoring the implementation of human rights conventions and of the relevant special procedures, as well as of the supervisory mechanisms of the International Labour Organization, in monitoring the implementation of international labour standards, within their respective mandates, in addressing the problem of violence against women migrant workers and in protecting and promoting their human rights and welfare, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 21 2. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, 22 which highlights, inter alia, that overall progress in the implementation of the Platform for Action has been particularly slow for wome n and girls who experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and that marginalized groups of women, including migrant women, are at particular risk of discrimination and violence; 3. Invites Member States to consider ratifying relevant International Labour Organization conventions, including the Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97), 23 the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 (No. 143), 24 the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181) 25 and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), and to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 18 the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 26 the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 27 the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 28 and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 29 as well as all other human rights treaties that contribute to the protection of the rights of women migrant workers, calls upon States parties to comply with their relevant obligations under international law, __________________ 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6/12 A/72/215. E/CN.6/2015/3. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 120, No. 1616. Ibid., vol. 1120, No. 17426. Ibid., vol. 2115, No. 36794. Ibid., vol. 2237, No. 39574. Ibid., vol. 2241, No. 39574. Ibid., vol. 360, No. 5158. Ibid., vol. 989, No. 14458. 17-22937