A/RES/72/179. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2017

• Resolution Number: A/RES/72/179
• Year: 2017
• Session: 72nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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/RES /72/ 179

General Assembly

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Seventy -second ses sion

Agen da item 72 (b)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 19 December 2017

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/72/ 439/ Add.2 )]

72/179. Protection of migra nts

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g all its previo us re solutio ns o n the pro tection of migr ants, the most

rece nt of whi ch is res olution 70/147 o f 17 Dec ember 20 15, and r ecalling also Hu man

Righ ts Counc il resol utions 35/17 of 22 June 2017 a nd 35/5 of 28 Sep tember 2017,

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Reaf firm ing the Uni versal Declarat ion of Human R ights,

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whi ch proc laims th at

all human beings are born free and e qual i n dign ity a nd rig hts an d that ever yone i s

entit led to al l the rig hts and freedom s set out therein, without distinc tion of a ny kind,

in pa rticular as to r ace,

Reaf firming a lso that everyon e has the right to free dom of mo vement a nd

resid ence with in the bord ers of each St ate and the ri ght to leave any countr y, i ncluding

his o r her o wn, and to retur n to his or her country,

Reaf firming furthe r that everyo ne ha s the right t o reco gnition every where as a

perso n befor e the la w,

Reca llin g all releva nt internat ional instr uments, part icularl y th e In ternatio nal

Cove nant on C ivil and P olitical Rights

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and th e Intern ational C ovenant on Econo mic,

Soci al and Cultu ral Rights ,3 the Conv ention aga inst Torture a nd Other Cr uel, Inhum an

or De grading Tr eatment or P unishme nt,

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the I nternati onal Con vention for the

Prote ction of All Persons f rom Enfo rced Disa ppearan ce,

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the Co nventio n on the

Elimi nation of All Forms of Di scrimina tion a gainst Wo men,

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th e Conv ention on the

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1

See Off icial Records of the Gener al Asse mbly, Se venty -secon d Sess ion, Su ppleme nt No. 53

(A/72 /53) , chap. V, sect. A.

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Resolut ion 21 7 A (III).

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See res olutio n 2200 A (XXI), annex.

4

United Nations , Treaty Serie s, vol . 1465, No. 24 841.

5

Ibid., vol. 271 6, No. 48088.

6

Ibid., vol. 124 9, No. 20378.