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(n)
Guarantee that the remains of deceased migrants are treated with dignity
and respect, that they are properly collected, recorded, documented and preserved, that
chain of custody procedures are followed and that the rights of families are always
respected during engagement with the search for and the collection, preservation and
analysis of the remains of deceased migrants;
(o)
Ensure that investigative processes and mechanisms follow the available
international standards for their reliable investigation, particularly the Minnesota
Protocol on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death (2016), and that families of
disappeared migrants are always able to fully and effectively participate in
investigations;
(p)
In the event of migrants going missing resulting from natural disasters,
ensure the deployment of disaster victim identification teams to ease a standardized
cross-border process to identify victims.
C.
Justice, accountability and redress
82.
With regard to justice, accountability and redress:
(a)
Promote and facilitate the establishment of a truth and monitoring
mechanism, in collaboration with civil society organizations, victims and families of
disappeared migrants, to ensure investigation, accountability, truth and guarantees of
non-repetition of disappearances in the context of migration, in line with applicable
international obligations;
(b)
Ensure coordination, cooperation and exchange of information between
all State agencies involved in the criminal investigation and prosecution of perpetrators
of migrant disappearances, including enforced disappearance, to fight recurring cycles
of impunity;
(c)
Establish, in cooperation with civil society organizations, victims and
families of disappeared migrants, effective public policies on comprehensive reparation
for migrant disappearances and victim-oriented and gender-responsive, culturally, ageand child-sensitive public support programmes, with a special focus on other groups in
vulnerable situations, such as LGBTIQ+ migrants, members of indigenous
communities, the ill, persons with disabilities, minorities and the elderly, to provide
psychosocial and economic support to the families of disappeared persons, irrespective
of the context in which the disappearance took place;
(d)
Provide families with access to critical legal documentation, such as
certificates of absence, that can help to balance adverse effects on the economic and
legal status of relatives of disappeared migrants.
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