Contributions made by ECLAC regarding international migration from a human rights and development perspective, 2013-2015

The programme of work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in the area of international migration, human rights and development remains focused on preparing technical proposals that serve as inputs for the design of national policies, programmes and legislation aimed at leveraging migration to help reduce asymmetries and inequalities at the regional, subregional and national levels. The Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE)-Population Division of ECLAC is responsible for the implementation of this component of the programme of work, pursuant to resolution 615 (XXXI), adopted by ECLAC at its thirty-first session in 2006. The Division also monitors the mandates of other intergovernmental bodies that issue guidelines on migration, although no such mandates were defined in the period covered by this report. Continual work was carried out to attend to various requests from countries, made via national government agencies, civil society organizations and academic institutions. The activities described in this report were carried out under these mandates and in response to these requests between July 2013 and June 2015 and form part of work to follow up the Montevideo Consensus. One notable activity was the drafting of chapter F of the operational guide for the implementation and follow-up of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, entitled “International migration and protection of the human rights of all migrants”. This document, which seeks to operationalize the priority measures of the Consensus, was presented in successive drafts at meetings of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, in preparation for the second session of the Conference, to be held in Mexico in October 2015.