BruCON is spread out over three (close, we're still IT people ;)) locations in the lovely city of Ghent!
The modern daily life of the city's active inhabitants plays itself out against a gorgeous historical backdrop.
In Ghent, they live, work and enjoy life over and over again each day.
The aula is the main conference location where the talks take place.
The Novotel is where most of the training courses and the workshops take place.
The NH Belfort hotel is where some of the training courses take place.
The Monasterium Poortackere is where the Student CTF takes place.
Ghent is located near highways E40 (Brussels – Ostend) and E17 (Antwerp – Kortrijk). Once the Ghent area, get (or remain) on the E17 and take exit 9 – Gent Centrum.
Make it easy for yourself and use an up-to-date GPS (like Waze), Ghent by car is a maze of One Direction (not the band) streets and they will happily fine you with automatic cameras if you take a wrong way.
Getting a cab from the airport to Ghent is definitely not a good idea, unless you are willing to spend more than 100 Euro on it.
General taxi numbers are: 09 222 22 22 or 09 333 33 33.
Once you've arrived in Ghent-Sint-Pieters by train, you can either take a good walk (the venue is a little over 2 km away from the station), or you take tram 1 direction Evergem. I think it is the 6th (Gent Korte Meer) or the 7th (Gent Korenmarkt) stop, but don't hesitate to ask fellow tram passengers to tell you where to get off.
From there, you're a mere 5 minutes walk away from the con.
Getting to Ghent by train is piece of cake. Once you have arrived at the airport in Brussels, take the train from the airport to any major Brussels train station (North, Central or South). From any of these stations about three trains an hour ride to Ghent (usually direction Ostend, or Knokke, or De Panne). It takes you about 40 minutes to get to Ghent-Sint-Pieters, which is Ghent's main train station.
Trains between Antwerp and Ghent also run frequently (at least 2 per hour).
Check http://www.checkfelix.com or http://www.expedia.com to find the cheapest flight.
The easiest way to reach Ghent from the airport would be by train (basement level -1 at the airport). If you are lucky, you can catch a direct train to Gent Sint-Pieters. On weekdays, there would be two trains per hour (destinations either Gent Sint-Pieters or De Panne), during the weekend you'd only have one direct train per hour to Gent Sint-Pieters).
Another option is to take a train headed towards Brussels (Quévy, Quiévrain, Brussel Zuid,…) and get a connecting train in Bruxelles Nord/Brussel Noord). You might want to have a look on the section By train above or consult http://www.nmbs.be or http://www.railtime.be.
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Q: Cached Variables in VSTO Office 2010 After having a look around the web, I have found the following posts (below) which are quite similar to my problem. However, after trying the solutions, I am still stuck.
VSTO Frustration
Setting cached variables in VSTO 3.0
Basically, I want to populate some data in a Excel file on a web server before I send it to the client.
Here is my code in the Workbook:
namespace Inno.Data.Excel
{
  public partial class ThisWorkbook
  {
     [Cached]
     public DataSet Config = new DataSet();

     private void ThisWorkbook_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
     {
         //InitializeCachedData();
         var baseUrl = (string)Config.Tables["Config"].Rows[0].ItemArray[0];
         var streamIds = (string)Config.Tables["Config"].Rows[0].ItemArray[1];

         MessageBox.Show(baseUrl + " " + streamIds);
     }
  }
}

and on the server side I have the following:
let rootUrl = Uri(x.Request.Url.GetLeftPart(UriPartial.Authority))

let setUpData (report : Report) (sd : ServerDocument) =
    let url = rootUrl.AbsoluteUri
    let streamIds = String.Join(",", report.series |> Seq.map(fun s -> s.id))

    let dt = new System.Data.DataTable("Config")
    dt.Columns.Add("BaseUrl", typeof<String>) |> ignore
    dt.Columns.Add("StreamIds", typeof<String>) |> ignore
    dt.Rows.Add([|box url; box streamIds|]) |> ignore
    dt.AcceptChanges()

    let cache = sd.CachedData.HostItems.["Inno.Data.Excel.ThisWorkbook"]
    let urlItem = cache.CachedData.["Config"]
    urlItem.SerializeDataInstance(dt)
    sd.Save()
    sd.Close()

let initialiseDocument (report : Report) (path : string) =
    let fileName = report.name.Replace(" ", "_") + ".xlsx"
    let sd = (new ServerDocument(path))
    sd |> setUpData report
    fileName

let docPath = x.Request.MapPath(Path.Combine(liveReportPath, "Inno.Data.Excel.xlsx"))
let fileName = initialiseDocument report docPath
x.File(File.OpenRead(docPath), "application/vnd.ms-excel", fileName) :> ActionResult

However, when I go to open the file after it has downloaded, I get the following error:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime.CannotFindObjectToFillException:    Cannot find any public instance member with ID Config in object Inno.Data.Excel.ThisWorkbook.

Things I have tried:-

*

*Using a simple string rather than a DataSet

*Calling StartCaching("Config")

*Manipulating the ServerDocument in memory using the byte[] file overload

*Copying the original Excel file and operating on the copy

But now I'm out of ideas. I see that a fair number of people have had this error, and as is pointed out in this post, there was a known bug in VSTO 3.0 with manipulating files in memory.
Thanks in advance.

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Set in Ancient Egypt, Aida is a timeless story of love and betrayal against the backdrop of war. The story is a roller coaster of emotions told through Verdi's powerful music.
Aida is an Ethiopian princess held captive in Egypt, in love with a General, Radames, and he with her. When he is chosen to lead a war with Ethiopia, we follow the conflict of Aida's love for both Radames and for her country.
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Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs
Ramfis, the chief priest, tells Radames that the god Isis has chosen the general who will lead the Egyptian armies into battle against the invading Ethiopians. Radames hopes that he has been chosen so that he may return victorious to Aida, an enemy slave in the Royal household for whom he cannot openly admit his love. Amneris, Princess of Egypt, secretly loves Radames and questions him about his feelings. She suspects that he prefers Aida to her. The Pharaoh enters with the priests and his court to hear reports of the invasion. He announces that Isis has chosen Radames as Egyptian commander-in-chief and leads everyone in demanding revenge on the Ethiopians. Amneris bids Radames return victorious.
The Egyptians are unaware that Aida is the daughter of the Ethiopian king, Amonasro. Alone, she is torn between her love for her country and for Radames. In despair, she implores the pity of the gods.
Sacred rites are performed in the temple. Ramfis conducts Radames to the altar, where he receives a sword and the gods' blessing on the campaign.
Amneris prepares for the celebrations to welcome back Radames. Slaves dance for her amusement until she dismisses them at Aida's approach. Amneris tells Aida that Radames has been killed in battle. Aida's grief at this news turns to joy when Amneris admits that she lied about Radames's death in order to trick the slave girl into admitting her love. Amneris has confirmed her suspicion that Aida is her rival. After threatening Aida, Amneris departs for the festivities.
The Egyptians have won the war and a triumphal procession celebrates Radames' victory. Amneris crowns him victor, and the Pharaoh offers him any reward he may name. Radames asks for the Ethiopian prisoners to be summoned. Aida recognizes among them her father; he is disguised as a captain and warns her not to reveal his true identity. He pleads for his fellow captives' lives, but Ramfis and the priests demand their death. Radames, however, requests freedom for the Ethiopians as his reward. The Pharaoh agrees to the compromise suggestion that Aida and her father should be retained as hostages. He then presents Radames with the hand of his daughter, Amneris, and the promise that he will one day rule as Pharaoh. Amneris exults at this unexpected turn of fortune, while Radames and Aida despair.
On the eve of her marriage, Amneris is taken by Ramfis to pray in the temple of Isis. Radames has chosen a place nearby for a final rendezvous with Aida, who dreams of her homeland while she waits for him. Her thoughts are interrupted by her father, who demands that she discovers the line of attack by which Radames will make the next Egyptian assault.
When Radames arrives Aida suggests to him that he does not love her enough to leave Egypt and live with her in Ethiopia. When at first he refuses, she points out that she and her father are certain to be executed if they remain in Egypt. He therefore agrees to flee with her and she asks him which route they should take to avoid the Egyptian troops. He tells her, whereupon Amonasro steps forward and reveals his true identity. Radames is appalled that he has unwittingly betrayed his country, and now refuses to escape with them. Amneris and Ramfis emerge from the temple. Amonasro moves to attack Amneris but Radames prevents him, and Amonasro and Aida escape. Radames gives himself up to Ramfis.
Amneris realizes that she must try to save Radames from the harsh verdict of the priests. She summons him to her presence and begs him to forget Aida and love her instead; this is the price of her intercession on his behalf with the Pharaoh. When he refuses, she dismisses him. The priests file into the judgement chamber and call out the charges against Radames. Amneris becomes increasingly frantic as she realizes that he will not even attempt to defend himself. The priests condemn him to be entombed alive for treason. Amneris curses them as they leave.
Radames has been sealed in a tomb where he is surprised to discover Aida waiting for him. Amneris mourns for Radames as Aida dies in his arms.
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The behavior of the nucleon structure functions in lepton nuclei deep inelastic scattering, both polarized and unpolarized, due to nuclear structure effects is reanalyzed. The study is performed in two schemes: an x-rescaling approach, and one in which there is an increase of sea quark components in the in-medium nucleon, related to the low-energy N-N interaction. In view of a recent interesting experimental proposal to study the behavior of the proton spin structure functions in nuclei we proceed to compare these approaches in an effort to enlighten the possible phenomenological interest of such difficult experiment.


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Northwestern paper's apology sparks journalism debate
Kathleen Foody, Associated Press|November 13, 2019
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In this Friday, April 29, 2016, photo, people stand near the entrance gate to Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Northwestern University's student newspaper is under fire. Their first critics came from within the campus as student activists questioned journalists' coverage of protests. Within days, editors decided to write a statement apologizing but their editorial prompted a second round of criticism from journalists around the country starting Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.
Student editors at the newspaper covering Northwestern University have faced two waves of criticism over their coverage of protests in response to an event featuring former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
First, student activists criticized them for publishing photos of protesters on the suburban Chicago campus. Within days, editors at The Daily Northwestern decided to apologize, but their editorial prompted a second round of criticism from journalists around the country who said they shouldn't feel any guilt about using basic reporting strategies.
In the editorial, posted online Sunday and printed Monday, editors said they shouldn't have tweeted photos of student protesters being blocked by campus police as they tried to get inside the Sessions event last week.
The photos were later deleted. Editors said they didn't want students to be at risk of punishment by the school or online harassment.
The eight editors who signed the editorial also acknowledged removing a protester's name from a story about the event at the person's request, and said they were sorry for using a student directory to text people who protested at the event and ask them for interviews.
"While our goal is to document history and spread information, nothing is more important than ensuring that our fellow students feel safe — and in situations like this, that they are benefiting from our coverage rather than being actively harmed by it," the statement read. "We failed to do that last week, and we could not be more sorry."
Professional journalists criticized the students' take as wrongheaded, inexperienced and an ominous sign for the profession's future. Others suggested that the students were right to consider the effects of interviewing and photographing protesters but communicated that goal poorly.
By early this week, the student leaders were reeling but the paper's chief editor said he and the other journalists understand their right to cover protests but want to work "with empathy." He said they don't plan to take back the broad message they aimed toward classmates at Northwestern, particularly non-white students who remain in the minority on the Evanston, Illinois, campus north of Chicago.
"There's a lot of students and student activists who feel we show up into spaces and don't care about who's there, don't care about the student body that we're part of, but rather we're just there to extract a story and never talk to them again," Daily Northwestern Editor-in-Chief Troy Closson told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "That's the history and reputation we have."
Closson, a 21-year-old senior at Northwestern, is only the third black student to lead the paper since its founding in 1881. Closson said he was the only black staff member when he joined the paper as a freshman, and he found the paper lacked stories on students "who looked like me or had experiences like me."
He and other editors leading the paper in recent years were determined to change that, including the creation of a team focused on building diversity in the paper's coverage, Closson said.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Northwestern's enrolled undergraduates in the fall of 2018 were 45% white, 17% Asian, 12% Hispanic and 6% black. This year's freshman class is 54% white, 12.6% Hispanic/Latino and 10.2% black, according to Northwestern's admissions office.
The Daily Northwestern operates independently from the university and its journalism school. Like other student journalists, they make delicate decisions about how to cover their community and peers and how to handle complaints about coverage.
The situation at Northwestern is the latest college-based scrutiny of basic journalism practices amid sometimes large and raucous protests of speakers headlining on-campus events, particularly former members of President Donald Trump's administration.
In October, student activists demanded an apology from The Harvard Crimson after the newspaper reached out to a federal immigration agency for a story on a campus protest. The newspaper said it stood by its decision to seek comment from the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement after the protest, which called for the abolition of the agency.
Kenna Griffin, president of the College Media Association and a journalism professor, said she would have advised the Northwestern students to put out a statement explaining how they produce articles and other material, rather than apologizing.
"We have an administration (in the White House) right now who feels that anytime they don't like something reported, they can label it untrue or fake," Griffin said. "This idea is being adopted by the public. So there's definitely a need for journalists at every level to explain how the information is gathered and the decisions they make."
Criticism of coverage at the Nov. 5 campus event began almost immediately on Twitter in response to photographer Colin Boyle's images of protesters being blocked from entering the room where Sessions spoke. Messages still visible on Twitter blasted him for shooting photos showing protesters' faces, suggesting it could expose students to harassment.
Boyle, 21, said he finished photographing Sessions' remarks and attendees leaving the event before checking his Twitter account, where he saw criticism of the images he had posted. Boyle said he was shaken and that he headed for the newsroom, where he decided to delete the photos and post a statement apologizing "for adding any additional trauma," with input from editors.
"It's caused me to think a lot about what my impact is as a visual storyteller and the power and privilege this job holds," Boyle told the AP on Tuesday.
By Sunday, Closson said he and other editors felt they owed readers a fuller explanation of their decisions about covering Sessions and the protests. He didn't anticipate many people outside the campus community would read it.
Charles Whitaker, dean of the university's Medill School of Journalism, called the editorial "heartfelt though not well-considered" in a lengthy statement Monday. He suggested it was in reaction to "relentless public shaming" by student activists in the wake of the newspaper's coverage of Sessions' speech and the protests.
"I think it is a testament to their sensitivity and sense of community responsibility that they convinced themselves that an apology would affect a measure of community healing," Whitaker wrote. "I might offer, however, that their well-intentioned gesture sends a chilling message about journalism and its role in society. It suggests that we are not independent authors of the community narrative, but are prone to bowing to the loudest and most influential voices in our orbit."
Whitaker also defended the students against criticism from professional journalists that flamed across Twitter starting Monday.
"You are not living with them through this firestorm, facing the brutal onslaught of venom and hostility that has been directed their way on weaponized social media," he wrote.
Several journalists chimed in with similar messages this week. Marlon A. Walker, an education reporter with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and a vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists, said he thinks having more support from working journalists would help the students at Northwestern and other college media outlets grow from experiences such as this.
"The last few years have made it harder for us as journalists to do our job," he told the AP. "That's amplified when you're a student journalist learning on the fly."
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Tropical Storm Erika forces minimum 48 hour delay of MUOS-4 mission
Tropical Storm Erika. Image Credit: NOAA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — The flight of a United Launch Alliance (ULA ) Atlas V 551 rocket and its payload of the fourth satellite for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-4) – has been delayed due to what is currently Tropical Storm Erika. At present, the mission is not expected to take to the skies any earlier than Sept. 2.
The announcement, made late in the day on Friday, Aug. 28, came just hours after a teleconference held with the key organizations involved with the planned flight. During the hour-long exchange mission managers noted that they were closely following the conditions down in the Caribbean.
Florida's Governor, Rick Stott, declared a State of Emergency after the storm had caused the deaths of at least 20 people in Dominica after it had passed over the tiny Caribbean island.
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I'm trying to import coremltools into my python script so I can make a coreml model to use in my app I've followed the docs.
My python version is Python 2.7.8 and when I do pip list I can see the coremltools module.
>Any ideas why I can't access this?
If not about paths, then and/or permissions, most likely.
I found it to be the enviroment I was using, but when I used the terminal it worked fine.
It was an issue with sypder, if run my python script outside of spyder it runs fine and all works correctly.


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Свистун рудочеревий (Pachycephala rufiventris) — вид горобцеподібних птахів родини свистунових (Pachycephalidae). Мешкає в Австралії і на Новій Каледонії.

Опис
Рудочереві свистуни мають великі голови, короткі дзьоби і відносно довгі, вузькі хвости, виїмчасті на кінці. Виду притаманний статевий диморфізм. Середня довжина рудочеревих свистунів становить 16-18 см при середній вазі в 25 г.

Забарвлення самиць здебільшого тьмяно-коричневе або сіре, нижня частина тіла у них поцяткована темними смужками. Самці переважно темно-сірі з білим горлом, чорним "комірцем" на грудях, чорними смугами від дзьоба через очі до "комірця" і рудуватим черевом.

Спів рудочеревих свистунів мелодійний, являє собою довгі серії звуків і посвистів.

Систематика
Рудочеревий свистун був описаний в 1801 році англійським натуралістом Джоном Летемом. Вид відносили до родів Дрізд (Turdus), Гонолек (Laniarus) і Сорокопуд (Lanius), перш ніж його було віднесено до роду Свистун (Pachycephala).

Підвиди
Виділяють п'ять підвидів:
 P. r. minor Zietz, FR, 1914 — острови Мелвілл і Батерст;
 P. r. falcata Gould, 1843 — північ Австралії;
 P. r. pallida Ramsay, EP, 1878 — північний схід Австралії;
 P. r. rufiventris (Latham, 1801) — захід, центр, південь і схід Австралії;
 P. r. xanthetraea (Forster, JR, 1844) — Нова Каледонія.

Чорноголові, вохристі і обіранські свистуни раніше вважалися підвидами рудочеревого свистуна, однак були визнані окремими видами.

Поширення і екологія
Рудочереві свистуни живуть в лісах, рідколіссях і чагарникових заростях, а також в садах і на плантаціях. Навесні птахи мігрують на південь Австралії, а восени — на північ. Новокаледонські свистуни не мігрують, мешкають у відкритих лісових масивах і саванах.

Раціон
Рудочереві свистуни харчуються переважно комахами, доповнюють свій раціон насінням, плодами, іноді ягодами і зеленими частинами рослин. Вони ніколи не шукають здобич на землі, що незвично для свистунів.

Розмноження
Сезон розмноження триває з липня по лютий. Рудочереві свистуни моногамні, і самці, і самиці насиджують яйця і піклуються про пташенят. Лише самиця будує гніздо, яке має чашоподібну форму і робится з гілочок, лоз, трави і прикріплюється до гілки на дереві за допомогою павутиння. Інкубаційний період триває 13 днів.

Примітки

Джерела

Посилання
 Basic information  - Birds in Backyards
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 www.jcu.edu.au

Свистунові
Птахи, описані 1801
Птахи Австралії
Птахи Нової Каледонії

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Q: Groovy static compilation fails for nested generics Please check the sample JUnit class below:
import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair
import org.junit.Test
import java.util.function.Function

@CompileStatic
class GroovyFunctionTypeInferenceTest {
  @Test
  void functionWithoutPairTest() {
    // some function that operates on list and returns an element of this list
    Function<List<String>, String> function =
        { List<Pair<String, Integer>> it -> it[0] } as Function
    def list = new ArrayList<String>()
    function.apply(list)
  }

  @Test
  void functionWithPair1Test() {
    // some function that operates on list and returns an element of this list
    Function<List<Pair>, Pair> function =
        { List<Pair<String, Integer>> it -> it[0] } as Function
    def list = new ArrayList<Pair>()
    function.apply(list)
  }

  @Test
  void functionWithPair2Test() {
    // some function that operates on list and returns an element of this list
    Function<List<Pair<String, Integer>>, Pair<String, Integer>> function =
        { List<Pair<String, Integer>> it -> it[0] } as Function
    def list = new ArrayList<Pair<String,Integer>>()
    function.apply(list)
  }
}

Functions functionWithoutPairTest and functionWithPair1Test compile successfully, but functionWithPair2Test fails with the following errors:
Error:(36, -1) Groovy-Eclipse: Groovy:[Static type checking] - Incompatible generic argument types. Cannot assign java.util.function.Function <java.util.List, org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair> to: java.util.function.Function <List, Pair>
Error:(38, -1) Groovy-Eclipse: Groovy:[Static type checking] - Cannot call java.util.function.Function <java.util.List, org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair>#apply(java.util.List <Pair>) with arguments [java.util.ArrayList <Pair>]

It looks like groovy does not like nested generics. Dynamic compilation is not an option in my case and strict type checking is a hard requirement.
Does anyone encounter similar error and has an advice?


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Sixty-second session
Item 72 (a) of the provisional agenda*
Promotion and protection of human rights: implementation
of human rights instruments
Protection of migrants
Report of the Secretary-General**
The present report, submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution
61/165, contains a summary of communications received from the Governments of
Azerbaijan, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Japan,
Mexico, Morocco, Spain, the Philippines and the Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
in response to a note verbale sent on 28 June 2007 by the Office of the United
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V. Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members
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1. In paragraph 15 of General Assembly resolution 61/165, the Assembly
requested the Secretary-General to submit a report to it at its sixty-second session
on the implementation of the resolution and decided to examine the question further
under the item entitled "Promotion and protection of human rights". Accordingly,
the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on 28 June
2007, transmitted a note verbale to Member States, on behalf of the Secretary-
General, requesting information on the implementation of the resolution for
inclusion in the present report.
II. Information from Governments
2. As of 23 August 2007, the Governments of the following Member States had
replied to the note verbale: Azerbaijan, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Ecuador, France,
Germany, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, Philippines and Venezuela
(Bolivarian Republic of). Relevant extracts of the responses are given below. The
full text of the responses is available upon request at the Office of the United
3. The Government of Azerbaijan reported that Azerbaijan's migration law
comprises the Immigration Act, the Labour Migration Act, the Immigrant Status in
the Republic of Azerbaijan (Documentation Requirements) Act, the Aliens and
Stateless Persons (Legal Status) Act, and the Act ratifying the regulations on the
transit of aliens and stateless persons through the territory of the Republic of
Azerbaijan.
4. The Government also reported on its ratification of international instruments,
inter alia the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime, and the International Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
5. The Government reported that Azerbaijan had signed bilateral agreements
relating to labour migration with Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Ukraine.
Information was also provided on the plan for action-oriented measures for the year
2007 that has been concluded with the Russian Federation.
6. The Government reported that the import and export by migrant workers of
their earnings and of items purchased with those earnings, of household goods and
of the essential tools of their trade are not subject to taxation.
7. Pursuant to the Aliens and Stateless Persons (Legal Status) Act of 13 March
1996, aliens and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan are equal before the
law and the courts.
8. Information was also provided regarding the State Programme on Migration
for the period 2006-2008 and the National Plan of Action for the protection of
human rights.
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9. The Government of Colombia reported that it had ratified a number of
international instruments, including the International Convention on the Protection
of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and one of the protocols
thereto, namely the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
Especially Women and Children.
10. The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs supplied information on the
programme Colombia nos Une ("Colombia Unites Us"), which is intended to
strengthen ties with Colombian communities living abroad.
11. Information was given on the bilateral social protection agreements signed
with Spain, Chile and Uruguay.
12. In the framework of the Colombia nos Une programme, a project was carried
out for the exchange of experiences on the subject of migration with a view to
identifying best practices on the part of migrants' home and host countries.
Cooperation in this area was carried out with institutions such as the Institute for
Mexicans Living Abroad. It should be noted that the Government of Colombia has
followed with interest the programme Vete sano, regresa sano ("Leave healthy,
return healthy") carried out by Mexico's Office of the Deputy Minister of
Preventive Health and Wellness. This is a preventive health programme for migrants
and their families in their countries of origin and in transit and destination countries.
13. The Government described the content of Law No. 191 of 1995, containing
provisions on border areas, article 2 of which sets out the obligation of the
Colombian authorities to gear their actions towards the protection of human rights.
14. The Government supplied information on the various agreements it had
concluded on the subject of migration. One of them is the social security agreement
between the Republic of Colombia and the Kingdom of Spain, under which workers
from either country can pay contributions into their national pension systems.
Moreover, the Government of Colombia also signed an agreement with the Western
Union affiliate in Colombia, with the result that, as from January 2007, Colombians
living in the United States can pay their pension contributions to the Social Security
Institute of Colombia through Western Union money transfer offices. Efforts are
being made to make this service available throughout the world.
15. The Government also reported that an agreement had been signed between
Colombia and Spain concerning the regulation and management of migration flows.
The agreement gives Colombian workers a legal framework for labour protection,
thereby preserving their right to decent and favourable working conditions.
16. Lastly, the Government furnished information on investment and savings
alternatives in Colombia for Colombian nationals living abroad.
17. The Government of Croatia reported that the Constitution guarantees the
protection of the basic human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants. The
Government also reported that its domestic legislation prohibits discrimination at
different levels.
18. The Government also reported that the Republic of Croatia had passed the
Asylum Act in 2003 (Official Gazette, No. 103/03), which stipulates conditions and
procedures for the recognition and revocation of asylum and temporary protection.
In the framework of asylum and migration, the Ministry of the Interior cooperates
with several organizations, including the office in the Republic of Croatia of the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Mission of the
International Organization for Migration and the non-governmental organization
Croatian Law Centre, which provides legal aid in the asylum procedure.
19. The Government also reported that on 13 July 2007, the Parliament had
adopted the New Aliens Act, which will enter into force in January 2008. The new
law introduces subsidiary protection and a single procedure for the examination of
asylum applications, and conditions for the approval of subsidiary protection. The
new law has extended, inter alia, the right to education and the right to family
reunification. It also regulates conditions of entry and movement, as well as work
permits for aliens in Croatia.
20. The Government provided further information regarding the harmonization of
the New Aliens Act with international regulations, inter alia Council Directive
2003/109/EC concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term
residents, Council Directive 2003/86/EC on the right to family reunification,
Council Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of the European Union and
their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the member
States, and Council Directive 2004/81/EC on the residence permit issued to third-
country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings.
21. Additional information was provided regarding work permits for aliens, which
are issued on the basis of an annual quota determined by the Government of Croatia.
22. The Government also reported that further legal protection of migrants is also
provided by the Criminal Code. In that regard, article 106 protects the equality of
citizens, protecting their rights and freedoms; article 175 refers to trafficking in
human beings and slavery; and article 177 deals with illegal transfer of persons
across the State borders.
23. Regarding trafficking in human beings, the national legislation provides aliens
who have been victims of trafficking and have been granted temporary residence
with safe accommodation, health care, financial support, education and
opportunities to work. Vulnerable groups like women, children and disabled persons
are granted special protection measures.
24. The Cuban Government has held a series of conferences on migration-related
issues. This series, called "The Nation and Emigration", took place in 1994, 1995
and 2004. At the most recent conference, the following measures were adopted: an
office was established under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to serve the needs of
Cuban citizens living abroad, various measures were adopted to maximize the
effectiveness of customs transit procedures and a university scholarship programme
was established for the children of Cuban emigrants.
25. The Government reported on the regulation of migration flows in the country,
which is carried out with a view to safeguarding security and providing all the
required guarantees of protection, bearing in mind at all times the need to comply
with the provisions of international instruments. The measures taken by the
Government to regulate migration flows include, among others: free medical care
for migrants at various points along the country's border, documentation control
mechanisms for persons entering or leaving the country and the implementation of
the international measures adopted with respect to human trafficking and drug
trafficking activities.
26. In addition, the Government reported on the implementation of a special plan
for camp services to assist migrants who reach Cuban shores. The plan provides for
primary health care, food distribution and arrangements for the return of such
migrants to their home countries while preserving their dignity and safety.
27. The legal framework governing migration in Cuba consists of the Immigration
Act and the Aliens Act (Nos. 1312 and 1313) of 1976.
28. Lastly, the Government reported that it had acceded to International Labour
Organization (ILO) Convention No. 97 concerning migration for employment
(revised 1949).
29. The Government of Ecuador reported that two national plans had been
formulated. The first, known as the National Plan to Combat the Smuggling of
Migrants, the Sexual, Labour and Other Forms of Exploitation and Prostitution of
Women, Children and Adolescents, Child Pornography and Corruption of Minors,
entered into force in October 2006. This national plan has been put in place to
implement the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime,
its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially
Women and Children, and its Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land,
Sea and Air.
30. The plan includes measures to prevent, investigate and punish such activities
and to protect the rights of victims and provide reparation.
31. The second plan, known as the National Plan for Ecuadorians Living Abroad,
includes various measures to protect Ecuadorian citizens working abroad, thereby
safeguarding the rights of Ecuadorian citizens who decide to migrate to other
countries, as well as the rights of their families. These measures provide, inter alia,
for family reunification, the conclusion of agreements with host countries,
mechanisms enabling migrants to invest their savings in Ecuador and programmes
to protect them against trafficking in persons.
32. Lastly, the Government furnished information on the different cooperation
activities on migration which it has carried out with other countries, civil society
and international organizations. They include activities for the management of
migration flows, processes of regulating migrant workers in Ecuador and
programmes of voluntary return to Ecuador.
33. In their reply, the French authorities recall that France is committed to
respecting the fundamental freedoms of migrants and is one of the few Council of
Europe countries to have ratified the 1983 European Convention on the Legal Status
of Migrant Workers.
34. With respect to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of
All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the French Government states
that France still has reservations about signing it because the Convention's scope
would cover, without distinction, both regular and irregular migrants. At the same
time, France considers that it cannot ratify the Convention alone, but must do so
together with all its European partners, insofar as the European Union has had
jurisdiction over migration and asylum since the Treaty of Amsterdam entered into
force.
35. The Government of Germany reported on the ratification of several
international instruments, inter alia the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish
Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, and the Protocol against
the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air complementing the Convention.
36. In an effort to combat acts of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance, as stated in paragraph 10 of General Assembly resolution
61/165, the Government of Germany has adopted several measures, inter alia
policies to promote the integration of foreigners, measures to strengthen the civil
society, and a dialogue between Government and non-governmental organizations
through the Forum Against Racism, which was established in 1998 and currently is
composed of 80 organizations active nationwide in combating racism, xenophobia
and related intolerance.
37. Regarding the measures to promote the integration of migrants, information
was provided on the new immigration laws, labour market integration and the
development of a counselling and information network. In that regard, the
Immigration Act of January 2005 for the first time introduced provisions for the
integration of migrants in Germany. The core component of the Government
integration policies is the integration course encompassing a language course and an
orientation course. Migrants who successfully complete the integration course may
be naturalized after seven years instead of eight.
38. The Government also provided information regarding the recent reform of the
Immigration Act and information on the new measures that have been included in
order for migrants to benefit from the Government's integration measures.
39. The Government reported that new measures have been adopted to implement
11 European Union Directives regarding the right to remain in Germany. Foreigners
whose deportation had been suspended for years now have the opportunity to obtain
legal residence in Germany.
40. The Government also provided information regarding employment
programmes and details of the measures that have been taken to reduce
unemployment among migrants, inter alia the introduction of technical language
courses to improve the language skills of young migrants and measures to support
unemployed young people without qualifications and those who have given up
vocational training.
41. Lastly, the Government reported on the new legal instruments created by the
new Immigration Act to obtain the right of residence for the purpose of
employment. The previous double authorization procedure to obtain the right to
work and the right to reside in Germany will be replaced by a new mechanism that
allows work permits to be issued along with residence permits by the same
42. The Government of Greece reported that migration issues are regulated by the
Greek Migration Law (3386/2005).
43. The Government provided information regarding the bilateral agreements on
employment concluded by Greece with Egypt, Albania and Bulgaria, which regulate
the seasonal employment of citizens of those countries.
44. The Government reported on the cooperation carried out with the countries of
origin of migrants. In this framework, the Government provided information
regarding the two programmes in which the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Public
Administration and Decentralization participates: Combating irregular migration in
Albania and the wider region; Targeted support to capacity-building within the
framework of readmission support to Albania (implemented by the International
Organization for Migration and cofinanced by the European Union and Greece), and
Building on mechanisms to effectively and sustainably implement readmission
agreements between Albania, the European Union and the concerned third countries.
45. The Government reported that family reunification is regulated by presidential
decree 131/13.07.2006. Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on
family reunification has been incorporated in national legislation.
46. Information was also provided regarding the actions carried out on human
trafficking issues. Provisions of the Greek Migration Law (3386/2005) provides
victims of human trafficking with residence permits and the right to accede to the
labour market, vocational training, education and health care. Directive 2004/81/EC
on residence permits issued to third-country nationals who are victims of human
trafficking has also been incorporated in national legislation.
47. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, Public Administration and Decentralization
implements a programme of action for the integration of citizens of third countries
who reside legally in Greece. The actions within this framework are implemented at
all administrative levels (central, regional, local) with the participation of the civil
48. The Government of Japan reported on border security measures, inter alia the
rules and regulations regarding the use of weapons, the Police Duties Execution
Law, the legal obligation of lifesaving in case of marine accident and measures to
protect the human rights of migrants while in transit through national borders.
49. Regarding the use of weapons, the Government reported that the Immigration
Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Immigration Act), which entered into force
on 12 July 2005, is the law applicable to officers in charge of immigration control.
The provisions regarding the use of weapons are provided in article 61-4 of this act.
Provisions regarding the use of weapons by the Japan Coast Guard are provided in
article 20 of the Japan Coast Guard Law.
50. The Government reported that the Parliament had approved Japan joining the
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing
the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. After the
relevant laws are amended the Government will join the Protocol as soon as
51. The Government also reported on the deportation procedures in Japan. The
Immigration Act sets out individualized expulsion procedures for vulnerable
persons.
52. The Government also reported on the procedures for the expulsion of
non-nationals to countries other than their countries of origin, regulated in articles
52 and 53 of the Immigration Act.
53. The Government also provided further details regarding the special legal
protection granted to the victims of trafficking under the Immigration Law (arts. 5,
24, 12 and 50).
54. Information was provided regarding initiatives taken with a view to promoting
and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants,
regardless of their immigration status. For example, children of non-nationals can
enter a public primary or secondary school without cost, as prescribed by article 28
of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. With regard to access to the justice
system, according to the Japanese Code of Civil Procedures, non-nationals who
have filed civil suits in Japan are entitled to continue the proceedings after leaving
Japan. All regulations and laws concerning labour standards, such as the Labour
Standards Law, are applied to all workers in Japan regardless of their nationality,
including undocumented migrant workers.
55. Lastly, the Government reported on the establishment of the Human Rights
Counselling Offices for Foreign Nationals which investigate cases of violations of
human rights of foreign nationals.
56. The Government of Mexico reported on the activities of the National Institute
for Migration, the body responsible for implementing the Government's migration
policies.
57. The Government highlighted the Institute's participation in the Inter-Agency
Programme for Children in Border Areas, which has been in operation since 1996.
The Programme is coordinated by the National System for Integral Family
Development and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A strategy for migrant children
along the southern border is being implemented under this programme. The
Government also provided information on the Border Worker Migration Form
programme, which is aimed at regularizing the status of foreign workers so that they
can work in various economic sectors along Mexico's southern border.
58. The Government reported on the initiatives under way to combat trafficking in
persons, in collaboration with a number of international organizations such as the
Organization of American States (OAS), the International Organization for
Migration (IOM) and the Inter-American Commission of Women (IACW). The
Government also participates in joint operations, together with the Office of the
Attorney-General of the Republic and the Federal Preventive Police, to combat the
smuggling of migrants.
59. The Government furnished information on programmes to train public officials
working in migration-related areas. The Government also reported on the activities
of the Beta Groups established in 1990 under the coordination of the National
Institute for Migration in order to protect migrants' rights.
60. The Government also supplied information on the programme to improve
migrant detention facilities (estaciones migratorias), aimed at improving the
condition of centres that receive undocumented migrants.
61. With respect to international, regional and bilateral cooperation, the
Government highlighted the memorandum of understanding concluded between
Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, which establishes a
secure legal mechanism for the repatriation of migrants.
62. As to the measures taken with regard to discrimination, the Government
highlighted the Federal Prevention and Elimination of Discrimination Act adopted
in 2003, which gave rise to the establishment of the National Council for the
Prevention of Discrimination. It also provided information on the project "Strategic
agenda for the prevention of discrimination against refugees, migrants and aliens in
Mexico".
63. The Government also gave information on the activities of the National
Human Rights Commission, the competent body in Mexico to receive and
investigate complaints concerning alleged human rights violations on the part of
federal authorities and civil servants, and on the various inter-agency cooperation
and assistance agreements signed by the Commission, including one with the Office
of the Human Rights Ombudsman in El Salvador and the technical support
agreement signed with the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman in Nicaragua.
64. The Moroccan Government reported that the legislative framework governing
the entry and stay of aliens in Morocco and irregular emigration and immigration
consists of Law No. 02-03, which entered into force in November 2003. This law
provides special protection in terms of respect for the rights of migrants, in
particular vulnerable groups such as children and pregnant women. The law also
contains provisions to combat the smuggling of migrants.
65. With respect to the ratification of international conventions concerning
migrants' rights and accession to regional and bilateral conventions, it should be
noted that Morocco was one of the first countries to sign, on 15 August 1991, the
Members of Their Families. In addition, in 2002 Morocco ratified the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. All the provisions of
that Convention for combating offences linked to organized crime have been
incorporated into Moroccan criminal law. Morocco is now in the final stage of the
process of acceding to the two protocols additional to that Convention.
66. With respect to bilateral and multilateral cooperation, the Moroccan
Government carries out a number of actions to enhance its understanding of
migratory trends. Accordingly, Morocco is actively involved in all regional and
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international consultation processes on migration, including the Western
Mediterranean ("5 + 5") Dialogue on Migration (the Conferences of Ministers of the
Interior of the Western Mediterranean and the Ministerial Conferences of the
Dialogue on Migration), ongoing partnership with the International Organization for
Migration (IOM) and the efforts under way in the context of the Global Commission
on International Migration.
67. The Moroccan authorities' priority areas of action are efforts to combat illegal
immigration, the eradication of criminal human trafficking networks, the policy of
voluntary return of migrants to their countries of origin and operations to rescue
migrants at sea.
68. In 2006 the Ministry of the Interior and the Consultative Council on Human
Rights launched a training initiative on the protection of migrants' rights for law
enforcement personnel responsible for combating illegal migration.
69. In terms of international, regional or bilateral cooperation and dialogue,
Morocco collaborated with its European and African partners in organizing the
Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development, held in Rabat
in July 2006. A plan of action on legal migration, measures to facilitate legal
migration and steps to strengthen cooperation to combat migrant smuggling
networks and human trafficking networks were adopted at that Conference. The
Moroccan Government also reported that it had contributed to the work of the Euro-
African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development held in Tripoli in
November 2006, in the framework of migration issues.
70. In terms of combating manifestations and acts of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and intolerance, Morocco undertook an exercise in harmonizing its
domestic legislation with international conventions, including the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography.
71. Lastly, Morocco indicated that its domestic legislation provides for measures
protecting the rights of migrants (Law No. 02-03 on migration, Penal Code, Labour
Code, provisions concerning mixed marriages, civil status, trade and public
freedoms). Morocco guarantees the transfer of funds by migrants to their country of
origin or any other country.
72. The Government of Spain reported on the legislation in force in Spain with
respect to migration (article 13.1 of the Spanish Constitution and Organic Law
No. 4/2000 on the rights, freedoms and social integration of aliens in Spain).
73. The Government provided information on various regulatory provisions that
afford special protection to vulnerable groups such as women migrants and
unaccompanied minor aliens. Immigration regulations include various protection
measures for women migrants, regardless of their administrative status in the
country: the right to health care and basic social services, free basic education and
the right to due process, among others.
74. Organic Law No. 4/2000 provides for access to an independent residence for
women aliens who are victims of domestic violence and special measures to protect
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women migrants with irregular status in Spain if they have been victims of sexual
exploitation.
75. The Protocol for addressing the situation and facilitating the repatriation of
unaccompanied minor aliens, adopted on 12 December 2002 by Children's Watch (a
collegiate body attached to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs), lays the
foundation for the coordination of the activities of the competent bodies in this area.
76. The Government indicated that it had ratified a number of international
instruments, including the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime. The country's legislation also provides for measures to combat
irregular migration and illicit trafficking in persons (amended articles 318 and 318
bis of the Penal Code, reform of Organic Law No. 4/2000 by Organic Law
No. 14/2003).
77. The Government also gave information on the various bilateral agreements it
has signed on the repatriation of aliens and the regulation of irregular migration
flows. In this connection, it has signed cooperation and readmittance agreements in
the area of immigration with Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau,
Gambia, Guinea and Cape Verde.
78. Notable initiatives at the multilateral level include the Euro-African
Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development, held in Rabat in July 2006,
which Spain helped to organize and which brought together countries of origin,
transit and destination to seek consensus-based solutions. In addition, the Spanish
Government has promoted, in the framework of the European Union, the
implementation of the Cotonou Agreement. Spain also participates actively in the
5 + 5 Dialogue, a regional cooperation forum on the legal management of migration
and integration processes.
79. The Government also reported on Plan Africa, which was adopted by the
Council of Ministers on 19 May 2006 and is aimed, inter alia, at fostering
cooperation with African countries in regulating migration flows.
80. The Government provided information on training courses on the subject of
immigration, borders and asylum, which are given to officials working in areas
directly related to migration.
81. In 2005 the Secretariat of State for Immigration and Emigration established the
Spanish Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia. Law No. 42/1997 on the
Labour and Social Security Inspectorate helps to ensure due compliance with the
rules on migratory movements and the employment of aliens. Organic Law
No. 4/2000 guarantees, in its article 15.2, the right of aliens legally residing in Spain
to transfer their savings to their home country or any other country, provided that
the procedures established under Spanish law and international treaties are
respected.
82. The Strategic Plan for Civic Integration 2007-2010 is the frame of reference
for policies to integrate the migrant population. The Government also provided
information on the Support Fund for the Reception and Integration of Immigrants,
the educational support programme and the Forum for the Social Integration of
Immigrants.
83. The Government of the Philippines reported that it has already adopted several
migration policies in order to cover the rights guaranteed under the Convention on
the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their families.
In that regard, the Government has strengthened its labour laws, enacting Republic
Act No. 8042 on June 1995, the Migrant Workers' Act, and has implemented
programmes in order to protect the rights of the migrants and their families. Inter
alia, the law lays down the minimum conditions under which deployment of
overseas workers is to be allowed, assures that the Foreign Service shall give
protective services to both legal and undocumented workers and institutionalizes the
adoption by embassies and consulates of the Philippines a "country-team approach".
84. The Government reported that Republic Act No. 8042 provided for the
creation of the Office of the Under-Secretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs. The
Office serves as the focal point of assistance-to-nationals concerns. Section 19 of
the Act provided for the establishment of the Overseas Filipinos Resource Center,
which offers information and legal services, promotes social integration, develops
gender programmes and monitors daily situations affecting migrant workers. The
Act also provided for the system of repatriation of workers and the mandatory
repatriation of underage migrant workers. The Office established an emergency
repatriation fund for the repatriation of workers in situations of war, epidemic,
disaster or calamity.
85. The Government also reported that the Program for Overseas Filipino Workers
organizes several strategies to support Filipinos who wish to work abroad, for
example, pre-departure orientation seminars on travel procedures and migrants'
rights; a pre-employment orientation programme that informs applicants about
searching legally for work abroad, legislation on migration in those countries, travel
procedures and remittance procedures; the Anti-illegal Recruitment Program, with
preventive and remedial components; and post-departure seminars aimed at
providing migrants with information to facilitate settlement in a new country.
Information was also provided regarding social security programmes, bilateral
social security agreements signed with eight countries, and overseas workers
welfare administration programmes for insurance and health-care benefits and
reintegration programmes upon return.
86. The Government also reported on access to education for migrants. In that
regard information was provided on the Filipino Education and Heritage Program
that provides schooling for children of overseas Filipinos.
87. On 13 February 2003, Republic Act No. 9189, known as the Overseas
Absentee Voting Act of 2003, was enacted into law. This law guarantees the rights
of all overseas Filipino workers to participate in public affairs of the Philippines.
Also enacted was Republic Act No. 9208, known as the Anti-Trafficking in Persons
Act of 2003, which criminalizes trafficking in persons and provides for mechanisms
to rescue irregular Filipino migrant workers.
88. Lastly, agreements with several countries to avoid double taxation and prevent
tax evasion have been signed.
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
89. The Venezuelan Government reported that the Ministry of the People's Power
for Internal Relations and Justice, in coordination with the Ministries of the People's
Power for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Labour and Social Security, are the bodies
that have jurisdiction over migration issues.
90. The Government also reported on the promulgation, by Decree No. 2,823 of
3 February 2004, of a set of rules for the regulation and naturalization of aliens in
the national territory, which governs migration status in the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela; the establishment of an employment benefit system that offers migrants
special employment services; and the organization of a national campaign on the
rights and duties of migrant workers and their families in the Bolivarian Republic of
91. The Government also provided information on the various administrative
measures being carried out to manage migration flows more effectively. These
measures include the introduction of an automated system for issuing work permits
for foreign workers, the interconnected system of the employment agency network,
the creation of an interconnected database with the National Customs and Tax
Administration Service, the National Identification and Immigration Office and the
Venezuelan Social Security Institute, and the updating of mechanisms and
procedures for controlling migration flows.
92. The Government also indicated that it had acceded to the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, its Protocol to Prevent,
Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, and
its Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air.
93. The Government provided information on the Foreign Exchange
Administration Commission, the body responsible for the control of procedures for
sending and receiving migrant remittances. This Commission ensures that such
transactions are carried out in accordance with the relevant legal requirements and
that no restrictions or obstacles prevent such funds from being transferred to the
recipient countries.
94. The Government supplied information on the organization of the seventh
South American Conference on Migration (Caracas, July 2007). The participants in
the Conference adopted the Caracas Declaration, which takes an innovative
approach by establishing the principle of historical reciprocity, under which host
countries agree to give migrants the same treatment received by their own nationals
in other South American countries to which they have migrated, bearing in mind the
need to respect their human rights.
III. Activities of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights
of migrants
95. The activities of the Special Rapporteur are carried out in accordance with
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/44, 1 in which the Commission
1 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1999, Supplement No. 3 (E/1999/23),
chap. II, sect. A.
established the mechanism and defined its functions. At its sixty-first session, the
Commission decided, in its resolution 2005/47, 2 to extend the Special Rapporteur's
mandate for a further three years. The Human Rights Council, in decision 1/102, 3
extended the mandate for one year. In resolution 5/1, 4 the Council renewed the
mandate until the date on which it will be considered by the Council according to
the programme of work.
96. The international legal framework for the Special Rapporteur's work and the
methods of work were reviewed in the report of 2006 to the Commission on Human
Rights at its sixty-second session (E/CN.4/2006/73 and Add.1 and 2).
97. During the reporting period, the Special Rapporteur, Jorge Bustamante,
submitted to the Human Rights Council a report on responses of Member States to a
questionnaire on the impact of certain laws and administrative measures on migrants
(A/HRC/4/24), a report on the communications sent to Governments and replies
received (A/HRC/4/24/Add.1), a report on his Mission to the Republic of Korea
(A/HRC/4/24/Add.2) and a report of his Mission to Indonesia (A/HRC/4/24/Add.3).
98. The Special Rapporteur submitted to the General Assembly at its previous
session an interim report (A/61/324) reflecting his activities in detail.
99. Between 5 and 11 December 2006, the Special Rapporteur visited the Republic
of Korea. The main purposes of the visit were to assess the prevailing situation of
migrants living in the Republic of Korea and to promote the ratification of the
Members of Their Families. During his visit the Special Rapporteur encouraged the
Government to provide incentives for the voluntary return of migrants rather than
expelling them, in accordance with procedural guarantees against forced return.
100. At the invitation of the Government of Indonesia, the Special Rapporteur
visited the country from 12 to 21 December 2006. The main objective of the mission
was to examine all aspects of the migration process from Indonesia, giving
particular attention to the situation of female domestic workers.
101. In 2008, the Special Rapporteur intends to visit Mexico, Guatemala and South
Africa. He would like to thank the Governments of these countries for agreeing to
his requests to visit.
IV. Status of the International Convention on the Protection
of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of
Their Families
102. The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families entered into force on 1 July 2003. As of
23 August 2007, 37 States had ratified the Convention: Albania, Algeria, Argentina,
Azerbaijan, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde,
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea,
2 Ibid., 2005, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/2005/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A.
3 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/61/53),
chap. II, sect. B.
4 See A/HRC/21, chap. I, sect. A.
Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico,
Morocco, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab
Republic, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Uganda and Uruguay. The entry into
force of the Convention assists in securing a protective mechanism for the human
rights of migrants, including those in an irregular situation. All Member States that
have not yet become a party to the Convention are urged to consider acceding to this
instrument promptly.
V. Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families
103. The Committee, composed of independent experts, monitors implementation
of the Convention by its States parties. Since its first session, held in March 2004,
the Committee has considered the initial reports submitted by Mali, Mexico and
Egypt.
104. The Committee considered the initial report of Mali (CMW/C/MLI/1) at its
fourth session, held in April 2006. In its concluding observations
(CMW/C/MLI/CO/1), the Committee recommended, inter alia, that the State party
include in its second periodic report updated information supported by statistics and
actual examples of the concrete measures it has taken to implement the rights of
migrant workers as set out in the Convention, and that it provide training to officials
working in the area of migration. It also recommended that the State party intensify
its efforts to combat trafficking in women and in children, in cooperation with
international, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and that it
implement the recommendations made in this regard by the Human Rights
Committee and the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
105. The Committee considered the initial report of Mexico (CMW/C/MEX/1) at its
fifth session, held in October 2006. In its concluding observations
(CMW/C/MEX/CO/1), the Committee recommended, inter alia, that the State party
withdraw its reservation to article 22, paragraph 4, of the Convention; 5 that it direct
its efforts towards the formulation of a migration law which corresponds to the new
migration situation in Mexico and is in conformity with the provisions of the
Convention and other applicable international instruments; that it continue training
all officials working in the area of migration, especially at the local level; that it
intensify its efforts to ensure that all migrant workers and members of their families
within its territory or subject to its jurisdiction enjoy the rights provided for in the
Convention without any discrimination; that it ensure that, in legislation and in
practice, migrant workers and members of their families, including those in an
irregular situation, have the same rights as nationals of the State party to file
complaints and have access to redress mechanisms before the courts; that it continue
and step up its efforts to address as a matter of urgency the problem of ill-treatment
and other acts of violence against migrant workers and their families, regardless of
who is responsible; that the State party, and more specifically the National Institute
5 Paragraph 4 of article 22 states: "Except where a final decision is pronounced by a judicial
authority, the person concerned shall have the right to submit the reason he or she should not be
expelled and to have his or her case reviewed by the competent authority, unless compelling
reasons of national security require otherwise. Pending such review, the person concerned shall
have the right to seek a stay of the decision of expulsion."
for Migration, take appropriate steps to ensure that migration control and securing
of migrants are carried out exclusively by the competent authorities and that every
violation in this regard is promptly reported; that it take appropriate measures to
protect women domestic workers, including access to regular migration status and
greater and more systematic involvement of the labour authorities in monitoring
their working conditions; and that it pay particular attention to the vulnerable
situation of migrant unaccompanied minors.
106. The Committee considered the initial report of Egypt (CMW/C/EGY/1) at its
sixth session, held in April 2007. In its concluding observations
(CMW/C/EGY/CO/1), it recommended, inter alia, that the State party review its
reservations to article 4 6 and article 18, paragraph 6, 7 of the Convention, with a
view to withdrawing them; that it initiate training for all officials working in the
area of migration, in particular police and border personnel as well as officials at the
local level; that it ensure that in legislation and in practice, migrant workers and
members of their families, including those in an irregular situation, have the same
rights as nationals of the State party to file complaints and have access to redress
mechanisms before the courts; that passports are issued to all women who request a
passport without the permission of any third party; that adequate training be
provided to all judicial personnel and law enforcement officials on respect for
human rights and non-discrimination on ethnic or racial grounds; that the State party
amend article 27 of the Egyptian Labour Code and ensure that all migrant workers
benefit from equal treatment in respect of remuneration and other conditions of
work and employment; that medical tests of migrant workers be in conformity with
the Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work of the International
Labour Organization and the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human
Rights; 8 that each child born in Egypt of a migrant worker be ensured the right to a
name, to registration at birth and to a nationality in accordance with article 29 of the
Convention; that the State party grant all children of migrant workers, whether
documented or undocumented, access to schools on the basis of equality of
treatment with Egyptian children in accordance with article 30 of the Convention;
that the Labour Code be amended in order to apply to domestic workers, including
migrant domestic workers, or that new legislation be adopted to provide protection
to them; that consular services respond more effectively to the need for protection of
Egyptian migrant workers and members of their families and, in particular, provide
the necessary assistance to those in detention and promptly issue travel documents
to all Egyptian migrant workers and members of their families who wish or have to
return to Egypt; that the State party encourage its embassies and consulates to
6 Article 4 states: "For the purposes of the present Convention the term 'members of the family'
refers to persons married to migrant workers or having with them a relationship that, according
to applicable law, produces effects equivalent to marriage, as well as their dependent children
and other dependent persons who are recognized as members of the family by applicable
legislation or applicable bilateral or multilateral agreements between the States concerned."
7 Paragraph 6 of article 18 states: "When a migrant worker or a member of his or her family has,
by a final decision, been convicted of a criminal offence and when subsequently his or her
conviction has been reversed or he or she has been pardoned on the ground that a new or newly
discovered fact shows conclusively that there has been a miscarriage of justice, the person who
has suffered punishment as a result of such conviction shall be compensated according to law,
unless it is proved that the non-disclosure of the unknown fact in time is wholly or partly
attributable to that person."
8 United Nations publication, Sales No. E.06.XIV.4.
provide assistance to migrant workers who are subject to such a "sponsorship" or
kafalah system designed to give the sponsor control over them, and that it
endeavour to negotiate with the relevant countries of destination with a view to the
system being abolished; and that it adopt specific anti-trafficking legislation.
107. In addition to examining States parties' reports, the Committee held a day of
general discussion on 15 December 2005, during its third session, on the theme
"Protecting the rights of migrant workers as a tool to enhance development". At its
fourth session, it adopted a written contribution to the General Assembly's
High-level Dialogue on Migration and Development (A/61/120), which took place
on 14 and 15 September 2006.
VI. Conclusions and recommendations
108. The Secretary-General welcomes the responses submitted by Member
States on various aspects of initiatives and legislation that they have adopted to
protect migrants; he commends in particular those States that have paid special
attention to migration issues by submitting specific information in the previous
two reporting periods. The Secretary-General encourages those States that have
not done so to provide him with such information.
109. The Secretary-General also welcomes the legislation enacted and the
measures adopted by several States to ensure that the rights of migrants are
respected in full, as well as measures adopted in order to protect their citizens
who have migrated abroad.
110. The Secretary-General welcomes the efforts made by several Member
States to adopt a comprehensive and balanced approach to migration,
acknowledging the responsibilities of countries of origin, transit and destination
in promoting and protecting the human rights of migrants and avoiding
approaches that may aggravate their vulnerability.
111. The Secretary-General reminds Member States that in his report to the
General Assembly at its sixtieth session (A/60/272, para. 56), he recommended
that States should include in future responses information on good practices, as
well as obstacles, with respect to the protection of migrants.
112. The Secretary-General encourages the Special Rapporteur on the human
rights of migrants to continue his dialogue with Member States and to maintain
his programme of country visits, in his endeavour to secure the protection of
the human rights of migrants, in particular women and children.
113. The Secretary-General encourages States to adopt programmes aimed at
fully integrating migrants and members of their families into the host countries
and promoting a harmonious, tolerant and respectful environment, and
expresses his appreciation to those States that have already done so.
114. The Secretary-General encourages States to adopt national plans of
action, paying special attention to issues relating to migration, and encourages
States that have already approved such plans to implement them in full.
115. The Secretary-General encourages the States that have signed the
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families to ratify the Convention; he also urges
States that have not done so to adhere to this instrument. The Secretary-
General further encourages States parties to make the declarations under
articles 76 and 77 of the Convention recognizing the competence of the
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families to receive and consider inter-State and individual
116. The Secretary-General is encouraged by the work of the Committee. He
urges States parties to submit their initial reports on the measures taken to give
effect to the provisions of the Convention.
117. The Secretary-General requests Member States to consider ratifying the
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air and the
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially
Women and Children, supplementing the Convention, and to implement them
fully.
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A bridging ceremony is an important transition in a Girl Scout's life. It's a defining moment when a girl celebrates her achievements and prepares for new adventures and responsibilities. Once a girl bridges to a higher level of Girl Scouting her leadership skills and the experiences she will have continue to grow. Girl Scouts is not simply an after-school activity, it's the Girl Scout Leadership Experience that builds as girls progress through the program that gives girls the skills they need to empower themselves to take their place as future leaders.
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March 16, 6:30 – 10 p.m.
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