New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants

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United Nations declaration international political agreement

The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants is a 2016 UN General Assembly commitment by member states to strengthen international protection for refugees and migrants and to lay the groundwork for subsequent global compacts on migration and refugees.

Aliases (1)

UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations declaration → international political agreement →
adoptedBy	UN member states → United Nations General Assembly →
adoptionDate	2016-09-19 →
adoptionMeeting	UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants →
adoptionPlace	New York City →
adoptionSession	71st session of the United Nations General Assembly →
affirms	obligation to protect the human rights of all individuals on their territory → principle of non-refoulement → sovereign right of states to determine their national migration policy →
aimsTo	enhance responsibility-sharing for refugees → improve global governance of migration → strengthen international protection for migrants → strengthen international protection for refugees →
callsFor	addressing root causes of large movements of refugees and migrants → adoption of a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration → adoption of a global compact on refugees → combating xenophobia, racism and discrimination against refugees and migrants → development of a comprehensive refugee response framework → ending practices of arbitrary detention of migrants → increased humanitarian funding for refugee situations → particular protection for children → particular protection for women and girls → protection of the human rights of all refugees and migrants → support to countries hosting large numbers of refugees →
followedBy	Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration → Global Compact on Refugees →
includes	Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework →
language	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
laysGroundworkFor	Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration → Global Compact on Refugees →
legalStatus	non-binding political declaration →
recognizes	contributions of migrants to countries of origin and destination → need for international cooperation on migration → need to respect international human rights law → need to respect international humanitarian law → need to respect international refugee law →
relatedTo	International Organization for Migration → United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees →
subjectMatter	human rights of migrants → international burden- and responsibility-sharing → international migration governance → refugee protection →
timePeriod	European migrant and refugee crisis →
UNDocumentSymbol	A/RES/71/1 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants ("UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants") →	adoptionMeeting
Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration process →	basedOn