Regional Intergovernmental

General presentation

Africa

• The Migration Dialogue in Southern Africa (MIDSA)
• The Dakar Declaration

Asia Pacific

• The Intergovernmental Consultations in the Asia Pacific on Refugees and IDPs (APC)
• The Bali Ministerial Conference on Smuggling, Trafficking and related international crimes

Europe

• International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
  • The Budapest Process
• European Union
  • European Economic and Social Committee: Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee, 30 June 2004
    [English| French | Spanish] (PDF)
  • Council directive 2002/90/EC of 28 November 2002 defining the facilitation of unauthorized entry, transit and residence (PDF)
• Council of Europe
  • The Berlin Declaration - 3rd round table of national HR institutions, 25-26 November 2004
• CEI
  • Working group on Migration

Latin America and the Caribbean

• The Regional Conference on Migration, Puebla Process
• The South American Conference on Migration, Lima Process

MEDEA

• The Conference on Cooperation in the Mediterranean, 5+5

Migration and Human Rights

Statements and Speeches

Human Rights framework

Events and Activities

Reports and Studies

Global Migration Group

Feature Stories

Related Links

Crossing borders: for millions of people on the move, borders can be a dangerous space

Human rights are not a matter of charity

In limbo – hundreds of thousands forced to flee North Africa

The dangerous journey of migrants through Mexico

Protecting the rights of young migrants

Managing migration while respecting human rights law

Standing up for the rights of migrant domestic workers

Urgent need to protect the rights of migrant children

Guide on Ratification of the migrants rights convention

Address by Ms. Navi Pillay United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Fourth Global Forum on Migration and Development

Address by Ms. Navanethem Pillay United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Global Forum on Migration and Development/Civil Society Days

Opening Statement by Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Chair of the Global Migration Group

States ignoring their own remedies to migrants’ problems - UN Human Rights Chief

GMG Joint Statement
A-C-E-F-R-S

GMG Experts Meeting: Opening Remarks

GMG Experts Meeting: Rapporteurs Report

Secretary-General’s message at the GFMD, Mexico

High Commissioner’s statement to the 99th Session of the IOM Council (delivered by the Deputy High Commissioner)

Secretary-General’s Message on International Migrant’s Day
A-C-E-F-R-S

Information Note: Protect the human rights of all migrants (PDF)

OHCHR study on the human rights of migrant children (PDF)

Deportation of Migrant Workers

Too many migrants continue to be victims of rights violations

Sudanese Migrants in Greece

UN agencies call attention to plight of millions of migrants without proper legal status

ILO: Protecting Filipino nurses migrating abroad