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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

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11 August 2015 The thematic section of the SR’s report discusses the impact of recruitment practices on the human rights of migrants, particularly low-wage workers, during labour migration. The report outlines the trends relating to recruitment practices and human rights of migrant workers. The report also takes up many of the recommendations put forward by the […]

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UN investigates claims of Gulf state abuse of migrant workers

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29 November 2014, The Guardian UAE projects involving major western museums accused of treating foreign labourers as modern-day slaves The United Nations is investigating the abuse of migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates, where the British Museum and other major western museums, including the Guggenheim, are involved in a multibillion-pound cultural hub. The move,

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Civil Society Contributions to the Special Rapporteur’s Report to the UN Human Rights Council on Migrant Labour Recruitment

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October 2014, Open Working Group on Labour Migration & Recruitment The UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants will dedicate one of his 2016 reports to the Human Rights Council on international labour recruitment. His office requested inputs from civil society to contribute to the substance and analysis of his report. In response,

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Announcement: Online Discussion to Collect Civil Society Inputs to SR’s Report on Recruitment

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The Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants has announced that his next report to the Human Rights Council will focus on international labour recruitment. He intends to evaluate the following: Current recruitment practices The impact of these practices on the human rights of migrants Current initiatives for improving recruitment practices Practical recommendations to

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Call for UN to investigate plight of migrant workers in the UAE

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13 September, The Guardian The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has called on the United Nations to investigate evidence that thousands of migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates, including those building a new Louvre museum and the world’s largest Guggenheim, are treated as slave labour. The confederation has called on the UN’s International Labour

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“Borderline: Stuck between the Thai junta and Cambodia’s lack of opportunity”

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Michelle Tolson, AsianCorrespondent.com, 3 July 2014 In the dusty border town of Poipet, things have quieted down compared to the previous weeks’ onslaught of trucks ferrying Cambodian migrant workers “voluntarily” back from Thailand. Ms. Pheap, a seller of beverages and small food items, said. “I never saw anything like it before. There were so many

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“OFWs seen to benefit as PHL votes for ILO protocol, recommendation vs. forced labor”

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16 June 2014, GMA News Online In what could be a boon for overseas Filipino workers, the Philippines has thrown its support behind the International Labor Organization’s adoption of a protocol and recommendation against forced labor.In a news release on Monday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said the Philippines cast an affirmative vote for the

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International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1990)

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Read the full text of the Convention Here Adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990 Preamble The States Parties to the present Convention, Taking into account the principles embodied in the basic instruments of the United Nations concerning human rights, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic,

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