The Global Compact for a secure, ordered and regular migration: a soft law instrument for management of migration respecting human rights

Abstract

 The Global Compact for a Secure, Ordered and Regular Migration was adopted on December 2018 by 163 States at the Intergovernmental Conference of Marrakech and some days later, it was endorsed by General Assembly of the United Nations in its Resolution 73/195. This Pact together with the Pact for Refugees faces normative action through soft law to adopt common "rules" for "human mobility in the 21st Century". However States proclaim their sovereignty on the subject. This instrument of soft law should serve as a reference for the exercise of sovereign competences in aspects that until now belonged to domaine reservé and for the adoption of a framework for the management of regular migration, although it also marks the reverse of the management of (un) safe, (un) ordered and irregular migration. It will also guide multilateral cooperation within the Organization of the United Nations and the International Organization of Migration.This article will deal with the scope and legal nature of this instrument and its capacity to trigger a model of management of migration while preserving human rights.