MIGRANTS Une "priorité" pour le haut commissaire de l'ONU aux droits de l'homme

MIGRANTS : Une "priorité" pour le haut commissaire de l'ONU aux droits de l'homme, actualité Monde : Le Point

Samedi 6 juin 2009

Publié le 04/06/2009 à 17:02 Le Point.fr

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Le haut commissaire de l'ONU aux droits de l'homme Navi Pillay a annoncé jeudi que la question des droits des migrants constituerait "l'une de (ses) priorités" pour les années à venir.

"Promouvoir une approche des questions de migration qui soit basée sur les droits de l'homme sera l'une des priorités de mon organisation en 2010-2011", a affirmé Mme Pillay devant le Conseil des droits de l'ONU réuni à Genève.

"Les droits de l'homme des migrants doivent être protégés dans les pays d'origine, de transit et de destination", a ajouté Mme Pillay, qui a "recommandé avec insistance" aux Etats qui ne l'ont pas encore fait de ratifier la Convention internationale de 1990 sur les droits des travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille.

Mme Pillay a affirmé qu'elle insisterait sur ce thème au cours de ses prochaines missions "en particulier avec (ses) interlocuteurs en Europe, en Amérique du Nord et dans les autres pays d'accueil".

La Haut commissaire s'est montrée particulièrement préoccupée par la situation dans les pays d'accueil où, selon elle, "les migrants sont souvent confrontés à de multiples formes de discriminations dans différents aspects de leur vie quotidienne".

Mme Pillay a en outre critiqué les politiques contre l'immigration illégale "qui focalisent sur les contrôles frontaliers, le rapatriement et la criminalisation" des migrants et n'ont "pas seulement montré leur inefficacité. mais, dans certains cas, constitué une menace pour les personnes concernées".

Mme Pillay a dénoncé notamment le "recours croissant" à la détention administrative des migrants.

Les pays de l'Union européenne, les Etats-Unis, le Canada, l'Autralie ou encore le Japon n'ont pas signé la Convention sur les droits des migrants, ratifiée par 41 pays et entrée en vigueur en juillet 2003.

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL MECHANISMS ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS, MIGRANTS AND EDUCATION

United Nations Office at Geneva | News & Media | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL MECHANISMS ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS, MIGRANTS AND EDUCATION

Council Opens Eleventh Regular Session
2 June 2009

The Human Rights Council this morning opened its eleventh session by adopting its agenda and holding an interactive dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, and the Special Rapporteur on the right to education.

UN EXPERT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS TO VISIT BELARUS AND POLAND

United Nations Office at Geneva | News & Media | UN EXPERT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS TO VISIT BELARUS AND POLAND

18 May 2009

GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, will undertake country visits to Belarus from 18 to 24 May 2009, and to Poland from 25 to 29 May 2009, at the invitation of each Government.

The Special Rapporteur will meet with Government officials, civil society members and representatives of UN agencies, and may also conduct visits outside of the capital cities.

At the end of each country visit, the Special Rapporteur will hold a press conference to share her preliminary findings with representatives of the media. Based on the information obtained during each visit, the Special Rapporteur will present a report containing her conclusions and recommendations to a forthcoming session of the Human Rights Council.

Ms. Ezeilo, a Nigerian national, assumed her functions as Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children on 1 August 2008. Ms. Ezeilo is a human rights lawyer and professor at the University of Nigeria. She has also served in various governmental capacities, including as Honourable Commissioner for Ministry of Women Affairs & Social Development in Enugu State and as a Delegate to the National Political Reform Conference. She has consulted for various international organizations and is also involved in several NGOs, particularly working on women’s rights. She has published extensively on a variety of topics, including human rights, women’s rights, and Shari'a law.

Manama Declaration on Human Trafficking

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The Manama Declaration on Human Trafficking (A63/85) has been issued. This declaration was adopted at The International Conference in Bahamas. More information on Human Trafficking is availabe on The United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking ( UN.GIFT)

French National Assembly approves Bilateral agreements on migration fluxes with Congo and Senegal

See Ratification Law on Senegal: http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/ta/ta0288.asp

See ratification Law on Congo:  http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/ta/ta0289.asp

UN: VICTIMS MUST BE AT THE CENTRE OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING ACTION SAYS UNITED NATIONS DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

United Nations Office at Geneva | News & Media | VICTIMS MUST BE AT THE CENTRE OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING ACTION SAYS UNITED NATIONS DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

14 May 2009

Victims of human trafficking must be at the centre of any effective and credible anti-trafficking action, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kyung-wha Kang, said Wednesday in New York. Calling human trafficking “our modern-day slavery”, Ms Kang called for agreement on urgent collective action, not just statements “of good intent”.

Speaking to a United Nations General Assembly special meeting to discuss a global plan of action to end human trafficking, Ms Kang underlined the importance of a human rights-based approach, explaining that this “ensures that trafficking is not reduced to a problem of population movements, a problem of public order, or a problem of organized crime.”

“States and the international community have come to recognize the strong connections between trafficking and violations of human rights, in particular those of vulnerable groups such as women, children and migrant workers,” said the Deputy High Commissioner. “Bought and sold as commodities, terrorized by violence and intimidation,” victims of trafficking are denied their most basic human rights, Ms. Kang said. “They must be actively assisted in reclaiming them”.

States must meet their obligations under international law “to redress discriminatory practices and unequal power relations that fuel trafficking, perpetuate impunity for traffickers and deny justice to victims,” she pointed out. In particular, States that have not yet ratified the Protocol on Trafficking (known as the Palermo Protocol) to the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime, and other human rights treaties, should do so promptly.

The rights-based approach to combating trafficking, as outlined in the Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2002, makes operational sense, Ms. Kang said. For example, trafficking victims who are protected and supported are in a better position to cooperate in the prosecution of their exploiters.

Reinforcing her views, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, who also spoke at the meeting, said that the national plans she has seen were weak in adopting a human rights approach. They usually build on the model of “three P’s” she explained, “Protection, Prevention and Prosecution (with great emphasis on prosecution) without adequate consideration for the three R’s – Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Redress for victims.” Moreover, “most address mainly trafficking for sexual exploitation and few address other forms such as trafficking for labour exploitation.”

Outlining some of the measures that Governments should take to support victims, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights said that “trafficking victims should not be subjected to summary deportations, nor should they be held in detention. Nor should they be prosecuted for activities that are a direct outcome of being trafficked.”

“Special care is needed for the protection of children who fall victim,” she said, adding that “age-sensitive measures must be taken to address their needs and protect their interests.”

Ms. Kang said that there is already a growing consensus on how human trafficking should be addressed. A global plan of action should seek to capture this and push it forward. But to be more than a statement of good intent, it must “openly acknowledge the link between trafficking and inequality; between trafficking and entrenched gender and racial discrimination; and between trafficking and inefficient migration regimes”. Then it could provide an important boost to national, regional and international efforts to protect the rights of victims.
In addition, Ms. Kang said the plan must “honestly address two aspects of trafficking that have been particularly susceptible to bland and empty rhetoric”. The first is “the root causes of trafficking: those factors that increase the vulnerability of individuals and groups to trafficking and related exploitation. The second is the demand aspect: the social, political and economic forces that develop and sustain a market for the so-called ‘products’ of trafficking.”

“For such a plan to be successful, it needs to reflect the primacy of human rights in responding to trafficking. In other words, human rights should form the foundation for any global plan of action against trafficking,” she underscored.


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L’ONU rappelle à l’ordre Berlusconi sur la question des immigrés

LeTemps.ch | L’ONU rappelle à l’ordre Berlusconi sur la question des immigrés

jeudi14 mai 2009

Eric Jozsef

Alors que le Haut-Commissariat pour les réfugiés s’inquiète du renvoi d‘Africains vers la Libye, le parlement italien a approuvé une loi qui introduit le délit de clandestininté
«Les refoulements de clandestins vers la Libye se poursuivront.» Malgré les critiques internationales, celles de l’Eglise catholique et d’une partie de la classe politique locale, le ministre (Ligue du Nord) de l’Intérieur, Roberto Maroni, ne recule pas. Après l’arraisonnement le 6 mai dernier de trois embarcations dans le canal de Sicile et le renvoi vers Tripoli des 227 immigrés qui se trouvaient à bord, les autorités maritimes italiennes ont, au total, refoulé depuis une semaine plus de 500 personnes vers les côtes libyennes.

Special Rapporteur of the UN International Law Commission just published its Fifth Report on Expulsion of Aliens

The Special Rapporteur of the UN International Law Commission just published its Fifth Report on Expulsion of Aliens which continues the consideration of the exercise of the right subject to the rules of international law: the limits relating to the requirement of respect for fundamental human rights (preliminary considerations; general obligation to respect human rights; Specially protected rights of persons being expelled).

Maroni:Onu verifichi asilo in Libia

Maroni:Onu verifichi asilo in Libia

'Se ne faccia carico l'Europa.I respingimenti continueranno'
12/05/2009 22:30
(ANSA) - ROMA,12 MAG -'La Libia fa parte dell'Onu:l'alto commissariato per i rifugiati (Unhcr) puo' fare accertamenti sulle persone che chiedono asilo'.Cosi' Maroni. E per coloro che hanno diritto all'asilo,ha detto Maroni 'non vedo perche' dovrebbero essere mandati in Italia:l'Europa se ne faccia carico,e' questa la proposta che ho fatto al commissario Ue per la giustizia,Jacques Barrot'.'I respingimenti verso la Libia continueranno.Dopo la fase iniziale c'e' una fase di assestamento,si e' trattato di una vera svolta'.

Immigrati, ancora polemica tra Onu e Governo italiano

Immigrati, ancora polemica  tra Onu e Governo italiano - Il Sole 24 ORE

Torna all'attacco l'Onu contro la politica del governo Berlusconi sugli immigrati. E lo fa con una lettera ufficiale dell'Alto commissariato Onu per i rifugiati, che incassa il «pieno appoggio» del segretario Ban Ki-Moon. Un attacco da cui Berlusconi, da Sharm el Sheik, si difende rivendicando la scelta dei respingimenti, e difendendo il ministro Maroni. La polemica riguarda appunto i richiedenti asilo. Secondo il premier, nessuna delle persone nei barconi respinti a largo delle coste italiane sarebbe in tali condizioni. «La Libia fa parte dell'Onu - incalza in serata lo stesso ministro dell'Interno - in Libia è presente l'alto commissariato per i rifugiati della nazione Unite (Unhcr). Facciano loro stessi gli accertamenti delle persone che chiedono asilo». E anche se lo fossero, Maroni sostiene che non debba essere l'Italia a farsene carico, come dice l'Unhcr, ma l'Europa. «È questa - dice - la proposta che ho fatto al commissario europeo per la giustizia, Jacques Barrot».

L'Ue critica l'Italia
La stessa Unione europea peraltro ha definito l'asilo «un principio universale che va rispettato ovunque». Anche se ha accettato la richiesta del ministro degli Esteri Franco Frattini di organizzare un vertice europeo in materia: il tema è stato inserito all'ordine del giorno della riunione dei ministri già fissata per il 5 giugno.

Berlusconi: «Nei barconi nessun rifugiato»
All'Unhcr, che esprime «grave preoccupazione» per la politica dei respingimenti e chiede di «riammettere» le persone respinte e «identificate come individui che cercano protezione internazionale», Berlusconi risponde indirettamente da Sharm El Sheik. E assicura che sui barconi «come dicono le statistiche, persone che hanno diritto d'asilo non ce n'è praticamente nessuna. Solo casi eccezionalissimi». Che a salpare sono persone «reclutate dalla criminalità », che «hanno pagato un biglietto» e «non sono spinte da una loro speciale situazione all'interno di paesi dove sarebbero vittime di ingiustizie, ma sono reclutate dal mondo del lavoro o del non lavoro in maniera scientifica dalle organizzazioni criminali». Berlusconi difende poi il suo ministro dell'Interno, al quale l'Unhcr ha inviato la lettera, e spiega: Maroni non fa altro che eseguire «gli accordi con la Libia presi direttamente tra me ed il leader libico Gheddafi».

La posizione del leader del Pd
Dario Franceschini resta assolutamente contrario ai respingimenti. «In tanti - ha dichiarato - mi hanno consigliato di non parlare su tema che potrebbe far perdere consensì. Dovremmo dunque dire che fanno bene a respingere i barconi di disperati che vengono dalla guerra e che fanno bene a violare i diritti umani e il diritto all'asilo politico? Dovremmo star zitti perchè sennò perdiamo un punto percentuale? No, io parlo e dico le cose giuste e sbagliate a prescindere dai sondaggi o dal consenso immediato».
12 maggio 2009