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Encouraged by some 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, such as the establishment of gender-sensitive
protection mechanisms for migrant workers, facilitating their access to mechanisms
for reporting complaints or providing assistance during legal proceedings,
Underlining the important role of relevant United Nations treaty bodies in
monitoring the implementation of human rights conventions, and the relevant
special procedures, 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 with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General; 14
2.
Encourages Member States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding
to relevant International Labour Organization conventions 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,10 the Protocol to
Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and
Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime, 15 the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea
and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime, 16 the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 17
and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 18 as well as all other
human rights treaties that contribute to the protection of the rights of women
migrant workers, and also encourages Member States to implement the United
Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons; 19
3.
Takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights
Council on violence against women, its causes and consequences, entitled “Political
economy of women’s human rights”, submitted to the Council at its eleventh
session, 20 in particular her elaboration in that report of the current issues of the
exploitation and violence that women migrants face in the context of the current
global economic trends and crises;
Encourages all United Nations special rapporteurs on human rights
4.
whose mandates touch on the issues of violence against women migrant workers to
improve the collection of information on and analysis of those areas within their
mandates relating to the current challenges facing women migrant workers, and also
encourages Governments to cooperate with the special rapporteurs in this regard;
Calls upon all Governments to incorporate a human rights,
5.
gender-sensitive and people-centred perspective in legislation, policies and
programmes on international migration and on labour and employment, consistent
with their human rights obligations and commitments under human rights
instruments, for the prevention of and protection of migrant women against violence
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14
A/66/212.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2237, No. 39574.
16
Ibid., vol. 2241, No. 39574.
17
Ibid., vol. 360, No. 5158.
18
Ibid., vol. 989, No. 14458.
19
Resolution 64/293.
20
A/HRC/11/6.
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