MIGRATION - OHCHR’s activities on Migration

OHCHR supports the work of:

The Commission on Human Rights

• In 1998-1999, Working group of intergovernmental experts on the human rights of migrants E/CN.4/1999/80, E/CN.4/AC.46/1998/5 (working paper), E/CN.4/1998/76

• In 1999, the Commission on Human Rights established the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants- renewed for another three years in 2002 and again in 2005.

• In 2004, the Commission on Human Rights further created the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking.

The Sub-Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

• In 2003, the Special Rapporteur of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Mr. Weissbrodt, presented a final report on the human rights of non-citizens in 2003. E/CN.4/Sub.2/2003/23

Treaty Bodies

• Human Rights Committee (HRC)  

• Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
  
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
  
• Committee Against Torture (CAT)  

• Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)  

• Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)

The General Assembly

• OHCHR drafts on behalf of the SG the annual report on the human rights of migrants A/59/328

Technical Cooperation

• Dissemination of the Convention through publications and leaflets ( Morocco)
• Organizations of round tables and panels in cooperation with National Human Rights Institutions
• Human Rights Training of immigration police officers (Timor Leste)
• Assessment of migration laws compliance with international and human rights standards (BiH)
• OHCHR implements a comprehensive project on Trafficking
• Through the BiH field office, OHCHR’s trafficking related work in Eastern Europe has many model good practices to offer including a collaborative ten country study on trafficking in the region
• Monitoring the situation of DRC migrant workers deported from Angola ( Angola and DRC)
• Participation in UN Trafficking Working Groups at country level
• Other OHCHR programmes and activities have dealt with the human rights dimension of migration such as the Durban Follow-up Programme and the Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Programme.

Other activities

• OHCHR is a member of The Geneva Migration Group
• OHCHR provides input to the Global Commission on International Migration
• OHCHR participates in the Expert Group Meeting on International Migration and developement
• In 2001 OHCHR took the lead in setting up the Geneva-based IGO Contact Group on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling. The IGO Group is comprised of focal points on trafficking and migrant smuggling from UNHCR, ILO, UNICEF, WHO, IOM, UNODC, representatives of the NGO Caucus, as well as migrant groups
• OHCHR participated to the drafting of the Doyle report and relevant publications of migration, such as the WHO publication “International Migration, health and Human Rights”.
• OHCHR is a member of the Steering Committee for the Ratification of the Migrant Workers Convention