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obligations under international law, including international human rights law, in order to
ensure full respect for the human rights of migrants;
8.
Calls upon all States to ensure that their immigration policies are consistent
with their obligations under international human rights law, and to promote the enjoyment
of human rights by all migrants without discrimination, including by taking steps:
(a)
To promote and protect the right of all persons to the highest attainable
standard of physical and mental health without discrimination of any kind and, to this end,
to provide emergency medical and first-aid attention for migrants who need it, regardless of
their immigration status, and to create a safe and enabling environment in which individuals
and organizations that provide such attention can operate free from hindrance and
insecurity;
(b)
To promote access to health services for everyone and migrant-sensitive
health policies, including by taking into account physical, financial, cultural and linguistic
barriers that may contribute to furthering inequalities;
(c)
To the effect that domestic law and administrative provisions and their
application facilitate the work of medical personnel and staff, humanitarian workers, human
rights defenders and any other actor providing humanitarian assistance to and defending the
human rights of irregular migrants, including by avoiding any criminalization,
stigmatization, impediments, obstructions or restrictions thereof contrary to international
human rights law;
(d)
To ensure that no person engaged in medical activities is penalized in any
way for refusing or failing to give to immigration authorities information concerning the
immigration status of a person under his or her care or for providing health care and healthrelated assistance to undocumented migrants;
(e)
To ensure that persons engaged in medical activities are not compelled to
perform immigration duties or any other acts contrary to the rules of medical ethics or other
rules designed for the benefit of the patients;
(f)
To ensure that health-care workers who interact with migrants on a routine
basis have good information about the rights of migrants in different legal statuses and
about their obligations towards migrants;
9.
Encourages countries of origin, transit and destination to seek technical
assistance from and/or to collaborate with the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Health Organization to better promote and
protect the human rights of migrants, including the right to the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of physical and mental health;
10
Takes note with appreciation of the actions taken by several special
procedures of the Human Rights Council and the treaty bodies for the effective prevention
of violations of the human rights of migrants, including through joint statements and urgent
appeals, and encourages them to continue their collaborative efforts to this end, within their
respective mandates;
11.
Requests the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants and the
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable
standard of physical and mental health, within their respective mandates, to continue their
efforts to promote and support the building of greater synergies among States to strengthen
cooperation and assistance for the protection of the human rights of all migrants and to
promote their right to health;
12.
Requests the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants to continue
to report on practical solutions, including by identifying best practices and concrete areas
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