OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS
Human rights of migrants
Human Rights Resolution 2005/47
The Commission on Human Rights,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaims that all
human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that everyone is entitled to all
the rights and freedoms set out therein, without distinction of any kind, in particular as to race,
colour or national origin,
Recalling its resolution 2004/53 of 20 April 2004, taking note of General Assembly
resolution 59/194 of 20 December 2004 and recalling Assembly resolution 40/144
of 13 December 1985, by which it approved the Declaration on the Human Rights of
Individuals Who Are Not Nationals of the Country in Which They Live,
Considering that every State party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights must ensure to all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction the
rights recognized in the Covenant, and that every State party to the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has undertaken to guarantee the exercise of all rights
enunciated in that Covenant without discrimination of any kind, including in particular on the
basis of national origin,
Reaffirming the provisions concerning migrants adopted by the World Conference on
Human Rights, the International Conference on Population and Development, the World
Summit for Social Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women and the World
Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, and
expressing its satisfaction at the important recommendations made for the development of
international and national strategies for the protection of migrants and for the design of
migration policies that fully respect the human rights of migrants,
Recalling the renewed commitment made in the United Nations Millennium
Declaration to take measures to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of
migrants, migrant workers and their families, to eliminate the increasing acts of racism and
xenophobia in all societies and to promote greater harmony and tolerance,
Recalling also the judgement of the International Court of Justice of 27 June 2001 and
advisory opinions OC 16/99 of 1 October 1999 and OC 18/03 of 17 September 2003, issued
by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, on the Right to Information on Consular
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