UN Migrant Rights: Non-Negotiable Legal Obligations
Ensuring Global Compact for Migration Implementation Respects Binding International Law

At the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) 2026, the Civil Society Action Committee (AC), Women in Migration Network (WIMN), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI), and the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) call on United Nations Member States to uphold their pre-existing legal obligations and ensure that the Progress Declaration on the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) is consistent with ratified treaties and fundamental labor and human rights standards that establish legally binding norms, leaving no one behind, regardless of migration status.

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