Posted on Thursday 15th December 2011
On 4 December 2000, the UN General Assembly, taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world, proclaimed 18 December as International Migrants Day . On 18 December 1990, the General Assembly had adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
UN Member States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations are invited to observe International Migrants Day through the dissemination of information on the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, and through the sharing of experiences and the design of actions to ensure their protection.
December 18 is a Brussels-based non-profit organization working for the promotion and protection of the rights of migrants worldwide from 1999. As the International Resource Centre of the rights of migrants, December 18 aims at ensuring that the human rights of all migrants are known, recognized and protected effectively, and that an environment is created for migrants to be full participants in any society according to existing international and regional human rights instruments and mechanisms.
Migrants Global Action is a website dedicated to providing information about the activities in different places around the world to develop A Day of Global Action Against Racism and for the Rights of Migrants, Refugees and Displaced People on December 18, 2011.
Watch also Global Day of Action
on You Tube .
Immigrant Movement International mobilizes artists, immigrants, activists and interested members of the public across the globe to develop projects related to the issue and experience of migration. Click
here for proposed actions and country reports.