A/HRC/32/40 (b) Explore, jointly with migrants, migrants’ associations and trade unions, opportunities to increase the level of public involvement in the negotiation and drafting of trade agreements, which would include disseminating information during trade negotiations and introducing a range of participatory mechanisms that would enable migrants to submit queries, comment on or take part in the negotiation and drafting of all relevant investment and trade agreements; (c) When entering into trade agreements, undertake comprehensive ex ante and ex post human rights impact assessments that consider the rights of migrants through direct consultations with migrants, migrants’ associations and trade unions, and, on the basis of these assessments, include relevant general exception clauses and other compensatory, adjustment, grievance and remedial mechanisms — which may include minimum wage provisions, welfare funds to support migrant workers, strengthened consular support, voluntary insurance schemes for migrants and other housing or transitional assistance — and termination clauses, among other measures; (d) Ensure that gender-specific considerations are adequately integrated into the development of such human rights impact assessments so that the impact of trade agreements on the human rights of migrant women and men are identified and effectively mitigated; (e) Ensure that child-specific considerations are adequately integrated into the development of such human rights impact assessments so that the impact of trade agreements on the human rights of migrant children are identified and effectively mitigated; (f) Involve representatives of migrants in the negotiating process for all bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, including representatives of vulnerable groups, when human rights impact assessments have identified potential issues relating to migrants; (g) Include provisions for labour mobility in multilateral and regional trade agreements, rather than in informal bilateral labour mobility commitments, with full and explicit respect for migrants’ rights; (h) Ensure that dispute settlement mechanisms included in all new and renegotiated trade agreements do not contravene States’ abilities to protect migrants’ rights; (i) Require annual reporting on the impact of their trade and investment agreements on human rights in each country and make the information publicly available. 94. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the United Nations and related organizations: (a) Ensure that human rights considerations related to trade and investment agreements are included in State reports to the international human rights mechanisms; (b) Continue to provide States, the private sector, trade unions and other civil society actors with information, guidance and best practices aimed at protecting the rights of migrants in the context of trade; (c) Continue to provide States with technical and capacity-building assistance in conducting human rights impact assessments and in adequately supporting the work of national human rights institutions and ombudspersons; 22

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