Migrants' rights: specific international and regional standards and mechanisms (texts)

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Description: Monitoring the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families...The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families by its State parties. It held its first session in March 2004. All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially one year after acceding to the Convention and then every five years. The Committee will examine each report and address its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of ?concluding observations”. The Committee will also, under certain circumstances, be able to consider individual complaints or communications from individuals claiming that their rights under the Convention have been violated once 10 States parties have accepted this procedure in accordance with article 77 of the Convention. At the moment, two States have accepted this procedure. The Committee meets in Geneva and normally holds two sessions per year. The Committee also organizes days of general discussion and can publish statements on themes related to its work and interpretations of the content of the provisions in the Convention (general comments).
Source/publisher: United Nations
Date of entry/update: 2010-02-24
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
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Description: "The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) is an inter-governmentally negotiated agreement, prepared under the auspices of the United Nations, that covers "all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner" The compact was formally endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 19 December 2018.[4] As the Compact is not an international treaty, it will be non-binding under international law. However, as with similar United Nations agreements, it will be a politically binding commitment.[5] It may also have legal implications in some instances; for instance, the Crown Law Office of New Zealand published an opinion as guidance to the New Zealand Government, saying the Compact will not be legally irrelevant, and "courts may be willing...to refer to the Compact and to take the Compact into account as an aid in interpreting immigration legislation" " (Wikipedia)
Source/publisher: United Nations
2018-07-11
Date of entry/update: 2018-12-23
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
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Description: Standards, links, documentation, database etc.
Source/publisher: International Labour Organisation
Date of entry/update: 2005-05-21
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English (Francais, French; Espanol, Spanish)
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Description: International Instruments; Regional Instruments, National Instruments
Source/publisher: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Date of entry/update: 2010-12-09
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
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Description: "The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants was created in 1999 by the Commission on Human Rights, pursuant to resolution 1999/44 . The mandate was extended for a further three years by the Commission on Human Rights in 2002, at its 58th session (Res. 2002/62 ). The Commission requested the Special Rapporteur to ?examine ways and means to overcome the obstacles existing to the full and effective protection of the human rights of migrants, including obstacles and difficulties for the return of migrants who are undocumented or in an irregular situation?. The main functions of the Special Rapporteur are: (a) To request and receive information from all relevant sources, including migrants themselves, on violations of the human rights of migrants and their families; (b) To formulate appropriate recommendations to prevent and remedy violations of the human rights of migrants, wherever they may occur; (c) To promote the effective application of relevant international norms and standards on the issue; (d) To recommend actions and measures applicable at the national, regional and international levels to eliminate violations of the human rights of migrants; (e) To take into account a gender perspective when requesting and analyzing information, as well as to give special attention to the occurrence of multiple discrimination and violence against migrant women; In the discharge of these functions: (a) The Special Rapporteur acts on information submitted to her regarding alleged violations of the human rights of migrants by sending urgent appeals and communications to concerned Governments to clarify and/or bring to their attention these cases. See Individual Complaints. (b) The Special Rapporteur conducts country visits (also called fact-finding missions) upon the invitation of the Government, in order to examine the state of protection of the human rights of migrants in the given country. The Special Rapporteur submits a report of the visit to the Commission on Human Rights, presenting her findings, conclusions and recommendations. See Country Visits. (c) The Special Rapporteur participates in conferences, seminars and panels on issues relating to the human rights of migrants. (d) Annually, the Special Rapporteur, reports to the Commission on Human Rights about the global state of protection of migrants? human rights, her main concerns and the good practices she has observed. In her report the Special Rapporteur informs the Commission of all the communications she has sent and the replies received from Governments. Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur formulates specific recommendations with a view to enhancing the protection of the human rights of migrants. Upon request of the Commission on Human Rights the Special Rapporteur may also present reports to the General Assembly."
Source/publisher: United Nations
Date of entry/update: 2005-05-20
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English, Francais, Espanol, Russian, Arabic, Chinese
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Description: "This article by DIIS senior researcher, Helene Maria Kyed, shows that the continuous securitisation of poor urban migrants as undesirable elements of the city and as a threat to urban security, can lead to deeper forms of instability. Based on empirical research, the article explores the challenges and survival strategies of poor informal migrants in Hlaing Thayar, which is the township in Yangon with the largest concentration of informal settlements. While the informal settlers rely on loose networks of relatives and on local ward and religious leaders to cope with the challenges they face, this does not lead to any stable form of self-organisation. Constant threats of evictions and securitisation by government authorities are creating high levels of mobility and feelings of insecurity, which also cause social disputes and lack of social cohesion. Simultaneously, the informal settlements sustain an informal economy and informal forms of governance by local 'big people' (lue kyi), including some government officials, who benefit from illegal land sales and from providing documents, like household registers and land papers to the informal migrants. The article raises larger questions about urban security, and the need to find ways of including the many thousands of people who each year migrate to Yangon and to many other cities across the world in order to prevent urban instability. The article is part of a special issue on the city of Yangon, published by the French journal 'Moussons'. It draws on research conducted by the DIIS coordinated research project, ‘Everyday Justice and Security in the Myanmar Transition’ (EverJust), which is done in partnership with Yangon University, the Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation, and Aarhus University. It is funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the development research grant. Data collection for this specific research was in addition part of a wider study on urban insecurity and migration, conducted under the DIIS Security and Defence Studies, which is funding by the Danish Ministry of Defence. See the joint report here: Urban Insecurity, Migrants and Political Authority..."
Creator/author: Helene Maria Kyed
Source/publisher: reliefweb
2019-06-06
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-06
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
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Description: Only 23 ratifications, of which only Sweden, Norway, Italy and Portugal are credible destinations for Burmese migrants.
Source/publisher: International Labour Office
1975-06-24
Date of entry/update: 2005-05-23
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English (French and Spanish available)
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Description: Adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990; sometimes called the "1990 Convention". Entered into force 1 July 2003. Neither Burma nor the main destination countries for Burmese migrants are party to the Convention (29 States Parties as of May 2005, all sending countries)
Source/publisher: United Nations
1990-12-18
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English (French and Spanish available)
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