Human Rights

1. FULL RESPECT FOR EXISTING PROVISIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS, AS DEFINED IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF 1948 AND OTHER RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS. ADOPTION OF REGIONAL COOPERATIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT AND TO FIGHT AGAINST VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS. - PREPARE AN ANALYTICAL REPORT ON LEGISLATION RELATING TO REFUGEE PROTECTION BY UNHCR PRESENTED IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH, 2000

DISSEMINATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION REGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS, INCLUDING REFUGEES, IN ORDER TO ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS, AS A WAY OF PROMOTING RESPECT FOR THEIR DIGNITY AND COUNTERACTING ANTI-IMMIGRANT ATTITUDES AND ERADICATING ILLEGAL ACTS TARGETING IMMIGRANTS - DISTRIBUTION, BY EACH GOVERNMENT, OF INFORMATION TO DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR MISSIONS AND TO RELEVANT GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES AT THE NATIONAL LEVELS PRESENTED DURING THE SEMINAR ON PROTECTION AND CONSULAR ASSISTANCE IN GUATEMALA CITY, JULY, 1999

APPROPRIATE TREATMENT FOR MIGRANTS IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS GIVING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, AND THE DISABLED, INCLUDING THEIR PROTECTION. - TRAINING OF RELEVANT OFFICIALS (IOM AND UNHCR WILL PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY ON TRAINING ON REFUGEE AND MIGRATION MATTERS) THIRD TRIMESTER , 2000

PROMOTE REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE FORA REGARDING CONSULAR PROTECTION OF MIGRANTS, BETWEEN CONSULAR AND IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES. - HOLD A SEMINAR FOR THE EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES ON CONSULAR PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE GUATEMALA JULY, 1999

- CREATION OF A NETWORK ON CONSULAR PROTECTION GUATEMALA CITY, JULY, 1999

PROMOTE REGIONAL MEETINGS AMONG MIGRATION AUTHORITIES, FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRIES, AND THE OFFICES AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL BODIES RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN THE DEFENSE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS. - MEETING CONCERNING MIGRATION POLICY AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS. COMPLETED, IN THE U.S.A. IN APRIL 1998

- SEMINAR ON THE CAUSES AND PROBLEMS OF INTOLERANCE, DISCRIMINATION, AND XENOPHOBIA AGAINST MIGRANTS (TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE PLENARY)

- CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION ON THE FAMILY IN COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN AND DESTINATION DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, JULY 19-21, 2000

2. ENSURE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF REFUGEES EMPHAZISE THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROTECTION ACCORDED UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW ON THE ONE HAND TO REFUGEES AND ON THE OTHER HAND TO OTHER MIGRANTS. - CONSIDER THE ADVISABILITY OF ENACTING NATIONAL LEGISLATION OR OTHER LEGALLY BINDING MEASURES REGARDING REFUGEES

- CONSIDER THE ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE DETERMINATION OF REFUGEE STATUS

- WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE UNHCR, TRAIN IMMIGRATION OFFICERS AND BORDER POLICE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION AND THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEES CONTINUOUS (NUMBER OF TRAINING SESSIONS)

- WITH THE SUPPORT OF UNHCR, DEVELOP AND INVENTORY OF EXISTING LEGISLATION AND TRAINING COURSES CONCERNING REFUGEES. PRESENTED IN THE RCGM IN SAN SALVADOR, OCTOBER, 1999

- CANADA AND MEXICO WILL PRESENT A CONCEPT PAPER ON A POSSIBLE JOINT RESEARCH STUDY ON MIGRANT CHILDREN WITHIN THE REGION AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SEMINAR ON MIGRANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN, HELD IN SAN SALVADOR ON FEBRUARY, 2000 WASHINGTON, D.C., (LAST TRIMESTER OF 2000, NEXT MEETING OF THE RCGM)

1. FULL RESPECT FOR EXISTING PROVISIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS, AS DEFINED IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF 1948 AND OTHER RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS.	ADOPTION OF REGIONAL COOPERATIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT AND TO FIGHT AGAINST VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS.	- PREPARE AN ANALYTICAL REPORT ON LEGISLATION RELATING TO REFUGEE PROTECTION BY UNHCR	PRESENTED IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH, 2000
	DISSEMINATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION REGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS, INCLUDING REFUGEES, IN ORDER TO ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS, AS A WAY OF PROMOTING RESPECT FOR THEIR DIGNITY AND COUNTERACTING ANTI-IMMIGRANT ATTITUDES AND ERADICATING ILLEGAL ACTS TARGETING IMMIGRANTS	- DISTRIBUTION, BY EACH GOVERNMENT, OF INFORMATION TO DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR MISSIONS AND TO RELEVANT GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES AT THE NATIONAL LEVELS	PRESENTED DURING THE SEMINAR ON PROTECTION AND CONSULAR ASSISTANCE IN GUATEMALA CITY, JULY, 1999
	APPROPRIATE TREATMENT FOR MIGRANTS IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS GIVING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, AND THE DISABLED, INCLUDING THEIR PROTECTION.	- TRAINING OF RELEVANT OFFICIALS (IOM AND UNHCR WILL PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY ON TRAINING ON REFUGEE AND MIGRATION MATTERS)	THIRD TRIMESTER , 2000
	PROMOTE REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE FORA REGARDING CONSULAR PROTECTION OF MIGRANTS, BETWEEN CONSULAR AND IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES.	- HOLD A SEMINAR FOR THE EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES ON CONSULAR PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE	GUATEMALA JULY, 1999
		- CREATION OF A NETWORK ON CONSULAR PROTECTION	GUATEMALA CITY, JULY, 1999
	PROMOTE REGIONAL MEETINGS AMONG MIGRATION AUTHORITIES, FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRIES, AND THE OFFICES AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL BODIES RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN THE DEFENSE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS.	- MEETING CONCERNING MIGRATION POLICY AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS.	COMPLETED, IN THE U.S.A. IN APRIL 1998
		- SEMINAR ON THE CAUSES AND PROBLEMS OF INTOLERANCE, DISCRIMINATION, AND XENOPHOBIA AGAINST MIGRANTS	(TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE PLENARY)
		- CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION ON THE FAMILY IN COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN AND DESTINATION	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, JULY 19-21, 2000
2. ENSURE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF REFUGEES	EMPHAZISE THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROTECTION ACCORDED UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW ON THE ONE HAND TO REFUGEES AND ON THE OTHER HAND TO OTHER MIGRANTS.	- CONSIDER THE ADVISABILITY OF ENACTING NATIONAL LEGISLATION OR OTHER LEGALLY BINDING MEASURES REGARDING REFUGEES
		- CONSIDER THE ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE DETERMINATION OF REFUGEE STATUS
		- WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE UNHCR, TRAIN IMMIGRATION OFFICERS AND BORDER POLICE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION AND THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEES	CONTINUOUS (NUMBER OF TRAINING SESSIONS)
		- WITH THE SUPPORT OF UNHCR, DEVELOP AND INVENTORY OF EXISTING LEGISLATION AND TRAINING COURSES CONCERNING REFUGEES.	PRESENTED IN THE RCGM IN SAN SALVADOR, OCTOBER, 1999
		- CANADA AND MEXICO WILL PRESENT A CONCEPT PAPER ON A POSSIBLE JOINT RESEARCH STUDY ON MIGRANT CHILDREN WITHIN THE REGION AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SEMINAR ON MIGRANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN, HELD IN SAN SALVADOR ON FEBRUARY, 2000	WASHINGTON, D.C., (LAST TRIMESTER OF 2000, NEXT MEETING OF THE RCGM)