A/65/222 Ensuring that all migrants, regardless of their immigration status, enjoy their internationally recognized human rights at all stages of the migratory processes in countries of origin, transit and destination should be the guiding principle of migration governance. 68. In the Special Rapporteur’s view, the international community has created an important momentum for enhanced international cooperation in addressing the multifaceted issues raised by the international movement of people, as advocated by the Secretary-General in his report on international migration and development in 2005. 20 In his view, it is imperative that human rights are fully incorporated in all migration-related processes and that a rights-based approach to migration features prominently at the policy and decision-making levels on migration governance-related issues. In light of the foregoing, the Special Rapporteur wishes to put forth a number of general recommendations for further consideration and action. A. A rights-based approach to migration governance 69. States should effectively promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, especially the rights of women and children, regardless of their immigration status, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and international human rights law and standards. 70. States that have not done so should incorporate the applicable legal framework on human rights, the protection of the child, the protection of migrant workers and their families, the protection of asylum-seekers and refugees, the fight against transnational organized crime and the elimination of contemporary forms of slavery into their national laws and policies as well as into their bilateral, subregional and regional agreements for migration management. 71. Efforts directed to adopt a human rights-based approach to migration governance should be redoubled. States and other stakeholders should systematically be guided by, and further the realization of, human rights standards contained in and principles derived from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments, including the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, in all migration initiatives, including those implying multi-stakeholders cooperation and technical assistance and in all phases of the migration process. 72. The Special Rapporteur also recommends that States: (a) Review their national policies to harmonize them with existing international, regional and subregional frameworks on rights-based approaches to migration; (b) Implement the policy options referred to in ILO Convention No. 143 and its accompanying Recommendation No. 151, particularly in light of the particular problems faced by irregular migrant workers and other vulnerable migrant workers as a result of their status. __________________ 20 18 A/60/205. 10-47488