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			The Promotion and Protection of Human Rights is one of the core missions of UNESCO and of the United Nations as a whole. A large number of International Legal Instruments (Treaties, Conventions, Declarations etc.) were created to ensure the protection of the rights of migrants and/or migrant workers and their families.To better understand the relevance of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families, it is hence crucial to list and comment the most important Meetings and Conferences on that matter and to provide a survey over the existing International Legal Instruments that are dealing with the Rights of Migrants. The most important standard setting Legal Instruments in the field of the general protection of universal rights and in the field of the specific protection of migrants rights are: International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (articles referring to migrant workers: 8, 13, 14, 21, 22, 26, 27) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (articles referring to migrant workers: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination International Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness International Convention against Discrimination in Education International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (See article 5) International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. (See article 11) International Convention on the Rights of the Child (articles referring to migrant workers: 7, 9, 10, 15, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32) International Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ILO Convention No. 143 (Supplementary Provisions) Convention concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers (see article 10) ILO Convention No. 97 on Migration for Employment (Revised), 1949 In addition to these - legally binding - Conventions or Covenants, the following - legally not binding - Declarations and Resolutions can be regarded as significant steps in the development of the emergence of the notion of migrants rights: World Conference Against Racism, Durban, South Africa, 2001. Follow-up and Declaration of the Conference (including the Programme of Action) Bangkok Declaration on Irregular Migration International Symposium on Irregular / Undocumented Migration, Bangkok, Thailand, 1999. Declaración de Buenos Aires (PDF) South American Migration Dialogue Meeting. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2000. Lima Declaration on Migration, Integration and Development. (PDF) Meeting in Lima, Peru, 1999. Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief Best Practices Concerning Migrant Workers and their Families. (PDF) In compliance with the Plan of Action of the Summit of the Americas. Santiago Workshop on Best Practices Related to Migrant Workers, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 2000. South American Migration Dialogue Brussels Declaration. (PDF) Third UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries - Brussels, Belgium, 2001. Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (1993) Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice (1978) UN General Assembly Resolution 56/145 on the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families For a comprehensive list of international and regional legal instruments, documents and reports on the right of migrants and migrant workers and their families, please visit the website of December18.net For a short definition of the most commonly used terms, please refer to our glossary section.
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