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- Day of General Discussion marking the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 8 September 2015

- Day of General Discussion on workplace exploitation and workplace protection, 7 April 2014

- The role of migration statistics for treaty reporting and migration policies, 22 April 2013

- The rights of migrant workers in an irregular situation and members of their families, 19 September 2011

- Migrant Domestic Workers, 14 October 2009

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Feature stories

COMMITTEE ON MIGRANT WORKERS

Feature stories

Migrant workers: living in the shadows

Migrant workers: living in the shadows
A special UN Human Rights Office event held in Geneva focused on workplace exploitation and protection for migrants.
24 April 2014

Lebanon: a Code of Conduct to recruit migrant domestic workers

Lebanon: a Code of Conduct to recruit migrant domestic workers
A newly-lunched Code of Conduct provides guidance to recruiting agencies on promoting and protecting the rights of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon.
29 July 2013

Migrant workers: their right to health care

Migrant workers: their right to health care
The Special Rapporteur on the right to health says many of the more than a hundred million migrants who leave their countries every year have little or no access to medical help of any kind.
4 July 2013

Human rights are not a matter of charity

Human rights are not a matter of charity
Calling on all States to ratify the Convention on Migrant Workers, UN Human Rights chief Navi Pillay says human rights are not a matter of charity or a reward for obeying immigration rules.
20 December 2011

Standing up for the rights of migrant domestic workers

Standing up for the rights of migrant domestic workers
A UN treaty body responsible for monitoring and protecting the rights of migrant workers steps up the pressure for recognition of the particular vulnerabilities of domestic migrant workers
28 December 2010

People on the move: safeguarding the rights of migrants

People on the move: safeguarding the rights of migrants
In her capacity as Chair of the Global Migration Group, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for a human rights-based approach to global migration.
11 November 2010

Migration: a global governance issue

Migration: a global governance issue
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns that xenophobia is on the rise and urges the international community to search for smart solutions to an extraordinarily complex issue.
9 November 2010

Urgent need to protect the rights of migrant children

Urgent need to protect the rights of migrant children
A new study by the United Nations Human Rights office has identified “serious protection gaps for migrant children in every region of the world.”
21 September 2010

Join hands to protect the human rights of all migrants

Join hands to protect the human rights of all migrants
All members of the Global Migration Group have agreed to focus the inter-agency body's work on the theme of the effective protection of the human rights of all migrants in the second half of 2010
8 September 2010

Protect the human rights of all migrants

Protect the human rights of all migrants
The United Nations Human Rights office denounces mistreatment of migrants and urges respect for their rights.
28 July 2010

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Fact Sheet No.24
Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish

Migration, human rights and governance - Handbook for Parliamentarians N° 24
English | French | Spanish

Situations of migrants in transit
English | French | Spanish

OHCHR’s recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights at International Borders
English | French | Spanish

Behind Closed Doors - Protecting and promoting the human rights of migrant domestic workers in an irregular situation
English

Shining new light on the UN Migrant Workers Convention (Alan Desmond, 2018)
English

Useful links

Migration and Human Rights
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Geneva Migration Group
ILO
IOM
UNESCO
UNODC

External links

Treaty Body Webcast

Caritas Internationalis
Global Campaign
Global Detention Project
Global Initiative to End Child Immigration Detention
ICMC
International Detention Coalition
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