A/HRC/50/31 resolution on combating pushbacks at the external borders of the European Union. On 25 February, he delivered a presentation on migration and human rights at the University of Coimbra. On 28 February, he was the keynote speaker at the inauguration of the seventh course on international migration law of the Institute of International Humanitarian Law. 16. On 9 March 2022, the Special Rapporteur spoke at the annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child held by the Human Rights Council, organized on the theme of the rights of the child and family reunification. On 14 March, he delivered a speech at a side event to the sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women on the topic of combating violence and harassment in the context of migration, gender and labour. On 17 March, he spoke about foreign nationals on death row at a side event to the sixty-fifth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs organized by Harm Reduction International. 17. On 24 March 2022, the Special Rapporteur gave a lecture at the College of Europe about migration and human rights. On 28 March, he participated in a session of the Committee on Migrant Workers. On 29 March, he gave the inaugural speech at an event held in Argentina by the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women to launch a series of investigations in the area of gender, migration and work. III. Study on human rights violations at international borders: trends, prevention and accountability A. Introduction 18. Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 43/6, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants is mandated to examine ways and means to overcome the obstacles existing to the full and effective protection of the human rights of migrants, recognizing the particular vulnerability of women, children and those undocumented or in an irregular situation. In carrying out his mandate, the Special Rapporteur has decided to dedicate his report to the Council at its fiftieth session to a study of recent developments in migration and border governance that impact migrants’ enjoyment of their human rights. In that context, he also seeks to provide Members States with examples of ways to prevent and address human rights violations at international borders, including recommendations, guidance, case law and legal opinions developed by national and regional bodies and courts to provide victims with effective access to justice and to ensure accountability. The Special Rapporteur is grateful for the observations and information submitted by a wide array of stakeholders in response to his call for inputs to the report.6 19. In his report to the Human Rights Council at its forty-seventh session,7 the Special Rapporteur urged Member States to put an end to pushback practices, 8 to respect fully the prohibition of collective expulsion and to uphold the principle of non-refoulement. Furthermore, he provided a set of recommendations for the development of a human rightsbased, gender-responsive, age- and child-sensitive approach to migration and border governance. The Special Rapporteur encourages the further cooperation of Member States with his mandate in this area to ensure that the human rights of migrants, including those in irregular situations, are always the first consideration. B. Recent developments in migration and border governance affecting the human rights of migrants 1. Promising practices to protect lives and ensure life-saving assistance at international borders 20. The Special Rapporteur commends the immediate assistance provided by European countries, and especially neighbouring countries, in response to the sudden and 6 7 8 4 Submissions are available at: https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/calls-input/report-humanrights-violations-international-borders-trends-prevention. A/HRC/47/30. For a definition of such practices, see ibid., paras. 34–38.