A/57/292 Summary In the present report the Special Rapporteur submits a summary of her activities during the first three years following the establishment of her mandate and her vision of the situation with regard to the protection of the human rights of migrants. In the second section she describes the international context in which her mandate was created and the numerous activities that have occurred at the international level and that demonstrate the growing interest taken by the international community, States and non-governmental organizations in the issue of the protection of the human rights of migrants. The Special Rapporteur also describes the principal working methods associated with her mandate and the legal framework that has been developed in order to give effect to it. She gives an account of the activities she has carried out in her capacity as Special Rapporteur in order to underscore the intensity and wealth of exchanges that have taken place around the mechanism. She also presents her vision of key issues that have been developed in her mandate. They are: discrimination; the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; the situation of migrant women and violence against migrant women; unaccompanied minors; irregular migration; trafficking, smuggling and slave labour; orderly and decent migration management and the role of the non-governmental organizations in protecting the human rights of migrants. In carrying out her mandate, the Special Rapporteur has also paid particular attention to the situation of the families left behind in their communities of origin; the vulnerability of female migrant domestic workers; the need to deal with the problem of those fleeing from situations of persecution and widespread war who are not recognized as refugees and who therefore become irregular migrants; and the serious problem of corruption and the prevention of smuggling and trafficking. The Special Rapporteur also deals with the issue of family reunification and the right of every individual to “leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country” (article 13, paragraph 2, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Special Rapporteur has noted, inter alia: (a) Her concern at situations of detention and expulsion of unaccompanied minors and the obstacles to family reunification that affect such minors; (b) That a good many countries have not come up with an effective strategy to combat the spread of illegal migrant smuggling or made trafficking a punishable offence under their law; (c) Her concern at reports received and direct observation in testimony from migrants, the authorities and non-governmental organizations that the criminal activities of trafficking and smuggling are taking place in a climate of extreme corruption; (d) The need to integrate the issue of protection of the human rights of migrants into all stages of migration management. The Special Rapporteur’s recommendations include the following: 2