A/HRC/62/35 (m) Ensure that the use of development funding for migration-related objectives is consistent with its primary development purpose and supports sustainable development, and ensure that migration cooperation supports regional stability and mobility arrangements, and economic livelihoods, and genuinely benefits all countries involved and their populations; (n) Protect human rights defenders and civil society actors assisting migrants subject to externalization from reprisals and support their activities; (o) Create and expand pathways for admission and stay, including regularization programmes and mechanisms, that are based on humanitarian, human rights or other grounds, recognizing that these pathways are an effective tool for preventing and addressing situations of vulnerability for migrants. 57. The Special Rapporteur urges international organizations and NGOs implementing projects in externalization contexts to exercise human rights due diligence, in line with their commitments and the applicable codes of conduct, ensure that their activities do not contribute to or benefit from human rights violations, and take appropriate action, including disengagement, where risks cannot be mitigated effectively. 58. Finally, the Special Rapporteur urges States to support, through the Human Rights Council, the establishment of an independent international human rights monitoring mechanism mandated to monitor, investigate and report on human rights violations and abuses arising from migration governance at international borders and in transit, including those linked to externalization practices, with a view to contributing to prevention, accountability, and access to remedy. 20 GE.26-06322