1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 AND International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990)

UNITED NATIONS

Milestone documents where dignity, equality and inalienable rights of all members of the human race are defined and ensured. In particular in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, articles number 13 and 14 say that “everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state; everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country; everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.”

2. United Nations Convention of the rights of the persons with disabilities (New York, 2009)

Article 18 Liberty of movement and nationality 

States Parties shall recognize the rights of persons with disabilities to liberty of movement, to freedom to choose their residence and to a nationality, on an equal basis with others, including by ensuring that persons with disabilities:  

(a) Have the right to acquire and change a nationality and are not deprived of their nationality arbitrarily or on the basis of disability;  

(b) Are not deprived, on the basis of disability, of their ability to obtain, possess and utilize documentation of their nationality or other documentation of identification, or to utilize relevant processes such as immigration proceedings, that may be needed to facilitate exercise of the right to liberty of movement;  

(c) Are free to leave any country, including their own;   (d) Are not deprived, arbitrarily or on the basis of disability, of the right to enter their own country.

3. Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin

EUROPEAN UNION

Directive against discrimination based on racial and ethnic origin. Concept of discrimination by racial or ethnic origin, scope of the legislation, defence of the rights, compliance, implementation and sanctions.