International migration and protection of the human rights of all migrants
Region countries have Instruments on F. International migration
Policies and instruments
Migrant people within the region are integral to a significant 21st-century social process. One of the most pressing issues is the lack of protection for many of them during their journeys, integration, and return, increasingly within the context of forced mobility. Recognizing that migration is a potentially beneficial process for countries, communities, families and individuals, it is imperative that the institutions, legal frameworks, and public policies about migration governance adhere to a rights-based approach.
The international human rights framework establishes standards and obligations, while agreements at various levels set shared principles. Moreover, the participation of civil society confers legitimacy upon these governance efforts. The specific chapter of the Cairo Programme of Action, adopted in 1994, the agreements of the Second High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development in 2013, and particularly the Pact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration of 2018, constitute an architecture aligned with the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, as they emphasize the need for protection and affirmative strategies by the international community. The various regional and subregional initiatives and integration forums serve as a platform for developing and monitoring certain measures. Furthermore, the extensive experience and commitments made at the Regional Conference on Migration and the South American Conference on Migration underscore the political support given to this issue. The United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, along with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), have specific mandates that should be considered among the mechanisms for monitoring the measures.
Priority Measures
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F.66 - International migration
Ensure that international migration issues, including migration regularization policies are fully incorporated into global, regional and national post-2015 development agendas and strategies. -
F.67 - Assistance and protection to migrants
Provide assistance and protection to migrants regardless of their migration status, especially vulnerable groups, with full respect for their rights and in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families and those of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, highlighting the need to afford them comprehensive attention in countries of transit and destination. -
F.68 - Global and regional strategies for the protection of the rights of migrants
Prepare comprehensive global and regional strategies to prevent infringement of the human rights of migrants, as well as to take advantage of the benefits and face the challenges arising from migration, including those relating to remittances and skilled migration in high-demand sectors, as well as the differential participation of men and women and the transnationalization of care. -
F.69 - Social security for migrants
Promote the signing of bilateral and multilateral social security conventions to enable migrant workers to accumulate years of service. -
F.70 - Principles of reciprocity and coherence in assistance to migrants
Incorporate principles of consistency and reciprocity in dealing with the various situations faced by emigrants from the countries in the region, at all stages of the migration process, whether at the intraregional level or outside the region. -
F.71 - Dialogue and international cooperation to reduce asymmetries in the migratory phenomenon
Achieve concrete results through dialogue and international cooperation relating to migration, human rights and development in regional forums as well as in forums linked to other regions of the world, in particular North America and the European Union, with a view to reducing existing asymmetries in this area and asserting the interests of Latin American and Caribbean countries. -
F.72 - Decriminalize migration
Protect decisively the human rights of all migrants, avoiding any form of criminalization of migration, and guarantee migrants access to basic social services in education and health, including sexual health and reproductive health, where appropriate, regardless of their migration status, with special attention to highly vulnerable groups, including unaccompanied minors, displaced persons in an irregular situation, women who are victims of violence, victims of trafficking, returnees and forcibly displaced asylum-seekers. -
F.73 - Intergovernmental cooperation mechanisms for the rights of migrants
Give priority, in each country, to strengthening coordination channels between sectors and between countries, to reinforcing intergovernmental cooperation mechanisms in order to guarantee the exercise of the human rights of all migrants, regardless of their migration status, from a gender-based perspective. -
F.74 - Cooperation between countries for the protection of human rights in irregular migration
Strengthen cooperation between countries of origin, transit and destination to address the causes and challenges of irregular migration, so as to generate safe, orderly, humane migration conditions through bilateral arrangements for labour force mobility and ensure protection of the human rights of migrants. -
F.75 - International Convention on Migration
Instruments
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Provide Assistance And Protection To Migrants Regardless Of Their Migration Status, Especially
Vulnerable Groups,Regularization of status
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72. Protect decisively the human rights of all migrants, avoiding any form of criminalization of migration, and guarantee migrants access to basic social services in education and health, including sexual health and reproductive health
Assistance to and protection of victims of trafficking is guided by Sections 32-44 of the Trafficking in Persons Act Chap 12:10
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Ley Sobre Refugiados, Protección Complementaria Y Asilo Político
Ley, cuyas disposiciones son de orden público y de observancia general en la República, en materia de refugiados, protección complementaria y asilo político, con enfoque
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Ley 19951 Mecanismo De Cooperación Consular Entre Los Estados Parte Del Mercosur Y Estados Asociados.
Establecer el Mecanismo de Cooperación Consular del MERCOSUR, en beneficio de los nacionales de las Partes que se encuentren en una determinada ciudad, región o
Indicators
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Ratification and implementation by the country of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
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Number of laws and measures in place to prevent and combat discrimination against migrants.
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The country has applied migration policies based explicitly on rights protection.
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Cost of remittances in proportion to the amounts remitted (SDG indicator 10.c.1)
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Percentage and number of direct beneficiaries covered by the Ibero-American Multilateral Social Security Convention in each destination country in relation to the total number of immigrant workers in the labour force.
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Number (and relative share) of unaccompanied children and adolescents among migrants.
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Number (and relative share) of prophylactic treatments for sexually transmitted infections and provisions of emergency contraception for immigrant women.
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Number of consultations provided to returnees and emigrants each year, by type of initiative.
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Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population, disaggregated by sex, age and form of exploitation (SDG indicator 16.2.2).