Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers.
| Publisher | UN Commission on Human Rights |
| Author | UN Commission on Human Rights (47th sess. : 1991 : Geneva) |
| Publication Date | 6 March 1991 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | E/CN.4/RES/1991/60 |
| Reference | 47 |
| Cite as | UN Commission on Human Rights, Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers., 6 March 1991, E/CN.4/RES/1991/60, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f0b534.html [accessed 5 June 2023] |
1991/60. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
The Commission on Human Rights, Reaffirming once more the permanent validity of the principles and standards embodied in the basic instruments regarding the international protection of human rights, in particular in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Bearing in mind the principles and standards established within the framework of the International Labour Organisation and the importance of the task carried out in connection with migrant workers and their families in other specialized agencies and in various United Nations bodies, Reiterating that in spite of the existence of an already established body of principles and standards, there is a need to make further efforts to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers and their families, Recalling General Assembly resolution 34/172 of 17 December 1979, in which the Assembly decided to establish a working group open to all Member States to elaborate an international convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and their families, Also recalling its own resolution 1990/44 of 6 March 1990, in which it expressed the hope that the General Assembly would complete the elaboration of the convention as soon as possible, Further recalling General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990, in which the Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and opened it for signature, ratification or accession,1. Welcomes the adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families;
2. Urges all States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the Convention as a matter of priority, and expresses the hope that it will enter into force at an early date;
3. Encourages the Secretary-General to assume an active role in disseminating information on, and promoting, the International Convention through the World Public Information Campaign for Human Rights and the programme of advisory services in the field of human rights and in cooperation with interested United Nations bodies;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to report on the status of the Convention to the Commission at its forty-eighth session;
5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda for the forty-eighth session of the Commission the item "Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers".
53rd meeting6 March 1991
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. XIII.]
