A/HRC/53/26 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-third session by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 43/6. II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur Country visits 2. The Special Rapporteur conducted an official visit to Poland and Belarus from 12 to 25 July 2022 .1 He also undertook a visit to Bangladesh from 20 to 31 January 2023. 2 Other activities 3. In September 2022, the Special Rapporteur participated in the thirty-fifth session of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and in an event organized by that Committee and the Committee on the Rights of the Child on their joint general comment on migrant children. 4. On 18 October, the Special Rapporteur presented his report on climate change and the human rights of migrants to the General Assembly. On 18 and 19 October, he participated in the annual meeting of the United Nations Network on Migration. 5. Also in October, the Special Rapporteur participated in a live meeting on Facebook about climate change and human mobility, organized by Sin Fronteras, the International Organization for Migration and other institutions; a side event to the General Assembly on a human rights-based approach to climate change, together with six other special rapporteurs; a dialogue with representatives of civil society on the fundamental rights of migrants and refugees in Europe, organized by the Spanish Commission for Aid to Refugees, Acoge and other institutions, in Toledo, Spain; an event on protection and law enforcement in sea operations and the question of non-penalization, organized jointly by the Special Rapporteur, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other institutions; and a workshop, organized by Aula Abierta, where the Special Rapporteur spoke about Venezuelan human mobility. 6. On 3 November, the Special Rapporteur spoke at the Vienna Discussion Forum, organized by UNODC, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and other institutions, which was focused on women on the move. On 4 November, the Special Rapporteur was the keynote speaker at the twenty-fifth anniversary commemoration of the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Deusto, presenting a lecture on new challenges for the protection of the human rights of migrants. On 21 November, he participated in a round-table discussion organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on protecting the rights of migrant workers in irregular situations. On 28 November, he spoke at an event organized by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) on women human rights defenders at risk in migration contexts. 7. Also in November, the Special Rapporteur participated in an event organized by the Office of the Ombudsman of Argentina on communicating about migration with a human rights-based approach; spoke at the twenty-fifth anniversary commemoration of the Chiapasbased Centre for Human Rights Fray Matías of Córdova; participated in an event organized by the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Buenos Aires, at which students presented papers about cases on migration in the Americas; addressed the Regional South American Meeting of Ombudsman’s Offices on the subject of legal defence and international 1 2 2 See A/HRC/53/26/Add.1 and A/HRC/53/26/Add.2. See A/HRC/53/26/Add.3. GE.23-06641