Civil and Political Rights
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• to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State, and
• to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
Vienna 1989 (Co-operation in Humanitarian and Other Fields)
(1) In implementing the human contacts provisions of the Final Act, the Madrid Concluding Document and the present Document, [the participating States] will fully
respect their obligations under international law as referred to in the subchapter of the
present Document devoted to principles, in particular that everyone shall be free to
leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country, as well as their international commitments in this field.
(2) They will ensure that their policies concerning entry into their territories are fully
consistent with the aims set out in the relevant provisions of the Final Act, the Madrid
Concluding Document and the present Document.
(3) They will take the necessary steps to find solutions as expeditiously as possible, but
in any case within six months, to all applications based on the human contacts provisions of the Final Act and the Madrid Concluding Document, outstanding at the conclusion of the Vienna Follow-up Meeting.
(4) Thereafter they will conduct regular reviews in order to ensure that all applications
based on the human contacts provisions of the Final Act and of the other aforementioned CSCE documents are being dealt with in a manner consistent with those provisions.
(5) They will decide upon applications relating to family meetings in accordance with
the Final Act and the other aforementioned CSCE documents in as short a time as possible and in normal practice within one month.
(6) In the same manner they will decide upon applications relating to family reunification or marriage between citizens of different States, in normal practice within three
months.
(7) In dealing favourably with applications relating to family meetings, they will take
due account of the wishes of the applicant, in particular on the timing and sufficiently
long duration of such meetings, and on travelling together with other members of his
family for joint family meetings.
(8) In dealing favourably with applications relating to family meetings, they will also
allow visits to and from more distant relatives.
(9) In dealing favourably with applications relating to family reunification or marriage
between citizens of different States, they will respect the wishes of the applicants on the
country of destination ready to accept them.
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