A/RES/70/174
Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Transnational Organized Crime, 19 and taking into account the United Nations Global
Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, 20 and to work, as necessary, with
regional, international and civil society organizations to overcome the obstacles that
may impede the delivery of social and legal assistance to victims of trafficking;
(n) To implement effective measures to protect the human rights of smuggled
migrants, particularly women and children, and unaccompanied migrant children, in
accordance with the obligations of parties under the United Nations Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime 21 and the Protocol against the Smuggling of
Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime, 22 which include the obligation that migrants
shall not become liable to criminal prosecution under the Protocol only for the fact
of having been the object of smuggling, and other relevant international instruments,
and to make every possible effort to prevent the further loss of lives and bring the
perpetrators to justice;
(o) To implement effective measures to eliminate violence against all
migrants, migrant workers and their families, and to take all necessary legal and
administrative steps to prevent and counter crimes involving violence against those
groups;
(p) To conduct further research and gather data on crime victimization
motivated by discrimination of any kind and to exchange experiences in and
information on effective laws and policies that can prevent such crimes, bring
perpetrators to justice and provide support to victims;
(q) To consider providing specialized training to criminal justice
professionals to enhance capacities for recognizing, understanding, suppressing and
investigating hate crimes motivated by discrimination of any kind, to help engage
effectively with victim communities and to build public confidence and cooperation
with criminal justice agencies;
(r) To intensify our national and international efforts to eliminate all forms
of discrimination, including racism, religious intolerance, xenophobia and genderrelated discrimination by, inter alia, raising awareness, developing educational
materials and programmes and considering, where appropriate, drafting and
enforcing legislation against discrimination;
(s) To prevent and counter, through appropriate domestic procedures for the
timely identification and processing of cases, acts of violence falling within our
jurisdiction against journalists and media professionals, whose professional duties
often put them at specific risk of intimidation, harassment and violence, in particular
from organized criminal groups and terrorists, and in conflict and post-conflict
situations, and to ensure accountability through the conduct of impartial, speedy and
effective investigations, in accordance with national legislation and applicable
international law;
(t) To strengthen the development and use of tools and methods aimed at
increasing the availability and quality of statistical information and analytical
studies on crime and criminal justice at the international level, in order to better
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19
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2237, No. 39574.
Resolution 64/293.
21
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2225, No. 39574.
22
Ibid., vol. 2241, No. 39574.
20
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