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Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights at International Borders

The OHCHR’s recommended principles and guidelines provides normative guidance on how to translate the international human rights framework into concrete measures that uphold the rights of migrants at international borders. They are intended to inform the work of States, international agencies and...
Date of publication:
02 January 2014
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Improving human rights-based governance of international migration

In order to promote a strong focus on the human rights of migrants in the lead-up to the 2013 High-Level Dialogue and beyond, the Secretary General tasked the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in consultation with the Global Migration Group (GMG) and other UN...
Date of publication:
01 January 2014
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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IOM Outlook on Migration, Environment and Climate Change

IOM Outlook on Migration, Environment and Climate Change aims to bring together in one easy-to-access reference document the knowledge accrued by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and to present IOM’s role, understanding and approach to environmental migration.
Date of publication:
01 January 2014
Source:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
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The Principles of Non refoulement  

The purpose of this Information Note is to provide a general overview of the principle of non-refoulement and to explain how the principle applies to all migrants. To this end, the Information Note can be used as a tool by those dealing with border management or returns of migrants to avoid the...
Date of publication:
01 January 2014
Source:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
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Policy Brief

Self-Assessment tool for nations to increase preparedness for cross-border implications of crises

The challenges for border-related agencies during crises are numerous. This document contributes to overall response preparedness by promoting existing tools and pointing national authorities to international and regional assistance frameworks.
Date of publication:
01 January 2014
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
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Abuse of a position of vulnerability and other “means” within the definition of trafficking in persons

The present issue paper discusses certain questions that remained about certain aspects of the definition of trafficking in persons as defined in the Trafficking Protocol – most particularly those aspects that are not elsewhere defined in international law or commonly known to the world’s major...
Date of publication:
31 December 2013
Source:
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
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Other

Gender on the Move: Working on the Migration-Development Nexus from a Gender Perspective

Around the world, a record number of women are now migrating to seek work and better lives. For many, migration yields these benefits; for others, it carries dangerous risks, such as exploitation in domestic work, and vulnerability to violence. Migration policies and practices have been slow to...
Date of publication:
31 December 2013
Source:
UN Women
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Guidelines/Toolkits/Manuals

Fundamental Rights Training for Border Guards

The goal of the manual is to support trainers in their duty to prepare border guards on how to conform to their regional and international human rights obligations. The manual demonstrates how fundamental rights permeate and advance their professional lives.
Date of publication:
31 December 2013
Source:
Frontex
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Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Bolivia (Corrigendum)

Paragraph 17 For the existing text substitute
Date of publication:
19 November 2013
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Concluding observations on the initial report of Morocco

The Committee considered the initial report of Morocco (CMW/C/MAR/1) at its 235th and 236th meetings (CMW/C/SR.235 and 236), held on 10 and 11 September 2013, and adopted the following concluding observations at its 241st meeting (CMW/C/SR.241), held on 13 September 2013.
Date of publication:
08 October 2013
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Other

Concluding observations on the initial report of Burkina Faso

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families considered the initial report of Burkina Faso (CMW/C/BFA/1) at its 233rd and 234th meetings (CMW/C/SR.233 and 234), held on 9 and 10 September 2013, and adopted the following concluding observations at...
Date of publication:
08 October 2013
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Information Type:
Other

Regional Guidelines for the Preliminary Identification and Referral Mechanisms for Migrant Populations in Vulnerable Situations

The Guide, a product of a consultative process, outlines action undertaken by stakeholders in the referral and counter referral assistance route, giving due regard to the vulnerabilities of different migrant groups and aims to be used as tool in the processes of preliminary identification of...
Date of publication:
04 June 2013
Source:
Regional Conference on Migration (RCM)
Information Type:
Guidelines/Toolkits/Manuals

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Colombia

The Committee considered the second periodic report of Colombia (CMW/C/COL/2) at its 214th and 215th meetings (see CMW/C/SR.214 and 215), held on 15 and 16 April 2013, and adopted the following concluding observations at its 228th meeting (CMW/C/SR.228), held on 24 April 2013.
Date of publication:
27 May 2013
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Information Type:
Other

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Azerbaijan

The Committee considered the second periodic report of Azerbaijan (CMW/C/AZE/2) at its 218th and 219th meetings (see CMW/C/SR.218 and 219), held on 11 and 12 September 2012. At its 230th meeting, held on 25 April 2013, the Committee adopted the following concluding observations.
Date of publication:
27 May 2013
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Information Type:
Other

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Bolivia

The Committee considered the second periodic report of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (CMW/C/BOL/2) at its 216th and 217th meetings (CMW/C/SR.216 and SR.217), held on 16 and 17 April 2013. At its 232nd meeting (CMW/C/SR.232), held on 26 April 2013, the Committee adopted the following concluding...
Date of publication:
15 May 2013
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Information Type:
Other

Theoretical Approaches to Human Smuggling

This working paper reviews the major theoretical and conceptual approaches to human smuggling. It reviews how researchers, practitioners, and states have conceived of human smuggling as an aspect of international migration. The paper surveys the prominent approaches in human smuggling studies...
Date of publication:
01 January 2013
Source:
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Information Type:
Working Paper

Protection of Migrants’ Rights and State Sovereignty

An outline of why protecting migrants’ rights – as in the GCM – can enhance rather than undermine state sovereignty.
Date of publication:
01 January 2013
Source:
United Nations (UN)
Information Type:
Other

World Migration Report 2013: Migrant Well-being and Development

The World Migration Report 2013 contributes to the global debate on migration and development by exploring and assessing how migration affects a person’s quality of life and their human development across a broad range of dimensions.
Date of publication:
01 January 2013
Source:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Information Type:
Report

International Framework for Action To Implement the Smuggling of Migrants Protocol

The purpose of the Smuggling of Migrants Protocol is to “prevent and combat the smuggling of migrants, as well as to promote cooperation among States Parties to that end, while protecting the rights of smuggled migrants” (article 2). In other words, the Protocol sets out to promote cooperation to...
Date of publication:
01 January 2013
Source:
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Information Type:
Guidelines/Toolkits/Manuals

Sources of International Migration Law

This paper in the journal Foundations of International Migration Law reviews the sources of international legal norms that govern migration by examining treaty law, customary law and general principles of law. It concludes by assessing the role of soft law on the traditional sources of international...
Date of publication:
16 November 2012
Source:
Cambridge University Press
Information Type:
Journal Article

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