The need of the event.Migrants continue to face widespread and systematic human rights violations and abuses in transit that remain inadequately monitored, documented, or addressed, feeding impunity and exacerbating the dehumanization of migrants.
The Human Right Council adopted resolution 53/24 on prevention and accountability for human rights violations in transit which called upon States to work with national human rights institutions civil society organizations, migrants and their family members, and other relevant stakeholders to understand, prevent, investigate and address human rights violations and abuses against migrants in transit.
That resolution mandated an intersessional panel discussion on human rights violations in transit. The intersessional discussion is summarized in the report 57/32 and includes a call for the establishment of an international and independent monitoring mechanism to address human rights violations in transit.
The aim of this side event was to provide space to discuss the role and importance of independent human rights monitoring at international borders in prevention and accountability.