A/HRC/59/49* United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 28 April 2025 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-ninth session 16 June–11 July 2025 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Phenomenon of migrants going missing or subjected to enforced disappearance – human rights analysis Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Gehad Madi Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Gehad Madi, examines the phenomenon of migrants who go missing or are subjected to enforced disappearance from a human rights perspective. He illustrates the multiple causes of disappearances, including enforced disappearances, which not only infringe upon the human rights of disappeared migrants, but also, in many cases, directly affect the right of their families to know the truth about the circumstances of such disappearances because of failure to adequately investigate the whereabouts of and, if possible, identify disappeared migrants. The Special Rapporteur emphasizes the shared responsibility of countries of origin, transit and destination to establish effective mechanisms of cooperation to ensure prevention, rescue and search operations for migrants in distress, the investigation and, where applicable, sanctioning of such cases. The Special Rapporteur promotes the establishment of a truth and monitoring mechanism to ensure accountability, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-repetition for migrant disappearances, in line with State obligations under international law. * Reissued for technical reasons on 18 June 2025. GE.25-06014 (E)