<\/p>\n Last 8 September 2015, the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (the Committee) organized a half-day general discussion to mark the 25th<\/sup> anniversary of the adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.\u00a0 The general discussion was a public meeting in which representatives of States, United Nations bodies and specialised agencies, civil society and other relevant organisations as well as individual experts are welcome to participate.<\/p>\n The panel discussion focused on the multiple human rights abuses faced by migrant workers, and challenges for States on how to best address these issues in the context of migrant workers in the Gulf, undocumented children in the Americas, and irregular migration flows in the Mediterranean. Each of these discussions underlined the importance of an agreed international human rights framework, including stepping up ratifications of the Convention. This discussion also included perspectives, including best practices, by States parties and non-States parties on how to address migration-related issues and the role of the Convention in this regard.<\/p>\n Click here for the full post<\/a><\/div> When: September 30, 2015 6:00pm \u2013 8:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Where: 2nd Floor, 777 UN Plaza, at First Avenue and E. 44th St. New York<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Every day, all around the world, migrant children and their families are detained simply because they lack the proper documents. These children and families often undertake perilous journeys and are met with xenophobia, violence and\u2014increasingly\u2014with detention despite having committed no crime and without being a threat to others.<\/p>\n There is now overwhelmingly clear guidance from the United Nations system that the immigration detention of children is a violation of rights to liberty and family life. Non-custodial, community-based alternatives to detention (ATD) are increasingly being implemented in a variety of country contexts. These ATD fulfill the best interests of the child and allow children to remain with their family members and\/or guardians, respecting the fundamental right to liberty, while their immigration status is being resolved.<\/p>\n Click here for the full post<\/a><\/div> From the ILO<\/a><\/p>\n Finland is the 17th ILO member State and the fifth European country to ratify this instrument, which seeks to improve the working and living conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.<\/p>\n Click here for the full post<\/a><\/div> From the ILO<\/a><\/p>\n On 12 November 2014, the Government of Switzerland deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189). Switzerland is the 16th ILO member State and the fourth European country to ratify this instrument, which seeks to improve the working and living conditions of more than 53 million domestic workers worldwide.<\/p>\n Click here for the full post<\/a><\/div> Solidarity Center<\/a> In leading these information sessions, the Bangladesh Migrant Women\u2019s Organization (BOMSA<\/a>) seeks to assist women in understanding their rights\u2014from what they should demand of those who facilitate their migration, to the wage and working conditions at the homes in Gulf and Asian countries where they will be employed as domestic workers.<\/p>\n Click here for the full post<\/a><\/div> Domestic work is an important occupation for millions of individuals, accounting for up to 10 per cent of total employment in some countries. \u00a0The trend over the past decades has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-number-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"5\"](\"http:\/\/cmw25.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5.jpg\")
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<\/div>Invitation for Panel Event: Protecting the Liberty of Migrant Children & Families<\/a><\/h2>
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<\/div>Finland ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention (No. 189)<\/a><\/h2>
<\/div>Switzerland ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention (No. 189)<\/a><\/h2>
<\/div>Migrant Workers 'Shouldn't Have to Be Tortured to Have Work'<\/a><\/h2>
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<\/a>Three times each month, dozens of women gather in dusty courtyards in rural towns in Manikganj, Dinazpur or other districts across Bangladesh to learn all they can about the only means by which they can support their families: migrating to another country for work.<\/p>\n
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