OHCHR
ZACATECAS DECLARATION
15 October 2004
International Workshop of National Institutions for the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights: Causes, Effects and Consequences of the
Migratory Phenomenon and Human Rights Protection
The International Workshop of National Institutions for the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights: Causes, Effects and Consequences of the Migratory
Phenomenon and Human Rights Protection, organized by the National Human Rights
Commission of Mexico and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights with the support of the Human Rights Commission of Zacatecas, was
held in Zacatecas, Mexico, on 14 and 15 October 2004.
The Workshop was opened by the Governor of Zacatecas, Ms. Amalia García,
and attended by representatives of the Mexican Senate, the government of Zacatecas,
and 25 state human rights commissions of Mexico. Seventeen national institutions
from Albania, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mexico, Morocco, New
Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine
and Venezuela were represented by their Chairs or other senior officials.
The participants in the International Workshop of National Institutions for the
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: Causes, Effects and Consequences of the
Migratory Phenomenon and Human Rights Protection
Hereby adopt the following Declaration:
Recalling the universal instruments agreed upon by States to safeguard the
human rights and fundamental freedoms of all individuals, including migrants,
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