Table 4
Vulnerable groups
Paragraph
75
Issue
Racism at border entry
areas
Non-citizens
77
78
Migration
79
Migrant domestic
workers
81
Internally displaced
persons
83
Arbitrary deprivation
of nationality
To adopt a comprehensive and balanced approach to migration, including by
strengthening international dialogue on migration, by developing real
partnerships between countries of origin, transit and destination, and by
exploring all possible synergies between the management of migration and
the promotion of development, while taking into account fully the human
rights of migrants.
To review and, if necessary, to revise immigration policies inconsistent with
international human rights obligations, with a view to eliminating all
discriminatory policies and practices.
To adopt and enforce legislation to protect migrant domestic workers,
regardless of their immigration status, in particular women, and to grant
migrant workers in domestic service access to transparent mechanisms for
bringing complaints against employers, while stressing that such instruments
should not punish migrant workers, and to call on States to promptly
investigate and punish all abuses, including ill-treatment.
To step up efforts to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance and to protect the human rights of internally displaced
persons and to seek lasting solutions for them.
To refrain from taking discriminatory measures and from enacting or
maintaining legislation that would arbitrarily deprive persons of their
nationality, especially if such measures and legislation render a person
stateless.
Concrete measures
Training programmes for law enforcement,
immigration and border officials, prosecutors
and service providers.
Training programmes for law enforcement and
immigration officials.
Self-organized training programmes in the
media.
Assessment of legislation carried out.
Discriminatory policies and practices
eliminated.
Legislation protecting migrant domestic work
in place.
Institutions to support migrant domestic
workers, including on discrimination
complaints, in place.
Programmes to address the situation of
internally displaced persons are in place.
Legislation arbitrarily depriving persons of
nationality eliminated.
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Commitments by Member States
To prevent manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance at country border entry areas, in particular vis-à-vis
immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers.
To take measures to combat the persistence of xenophobic attitudes towards
and negative stereotyping of non-citizens, including by politicians, law
enforcement and immigration officials and in the media.