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Written Submission to the CMW. Day of General Discussion on Protecting the Rights of All Migrant Workers

Document number
1024
Date
2005
Title
Written Submission to the CMW. Day of General Discussion on Protecting the Rights of All Migrant Workers
Author/publisher
Amnesty International
Availability
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Document type(s)
Guidelines/Recommendations, Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
Keywords
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrants Workers and Members of Their Families; High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development; United Nations, Committee of Migrant Workers (CMW)
Summary
Criticises the cost-benefit approach to the issue of migration, placing at the forefront the economic imperatives of countries of origin and destination, at the expense of the human rights imperatives of the individual migrant worker. Urges the Committee on Migrant Workers to recommend to the High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, due to be held at the 61st Session of the General Assembly in 2006, that the issue of international migration and development must be discussed within the framework of international human rights law and standards, including the rights and principles contained within the Migrant Workers Convention. More Speeches and written submissions to the UN Committee of Migrant Workers: 15 December 2005: Day of General Discussion: Protecting the rights of all migrant workers as a tool to enhance development - http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/mwdiscussion.htm
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