QUNO is actively contributing to the process for negotiating a Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. This UN-level process is a major State-led response to the large numbers of people on the move around the world. It was mandated by the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, a high-level statement adopted by States on 19th September and will be finalised in 2018.

As States work towards drafting a resolution on the Modalities of this State-led process, QUNO has compiled an inputs paper which focusses on ensuring the human rights grounding (and compliance) of the Compact and the central role of civil society in the process.

This inputs paper makes several recommendations including:

• Including human rights as a key message that cuts across thematic and regional consultations, and that this focus is grounded in existing international human rights law.
• Using the Human Rights Council and other human rights mechanisms and expertise to make substantive contributions to the development of the Global Compact. 
• Ensuring a central role for civil society (including migrants themselves) throughout the process.
• Creating informal discussion spaces alongside the formal negotiations, as based on previous successful negotiations processes.