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

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The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families is a United Nations human rights treaty that sets comprehensive standards to protect the rights and dignity of migrant workers and their families regardless of their legal status.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty
international human rights treaty
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptionDate 1990-12-18
adoptionPlace New York City
aimsTo protect rights and dignity of migrant workers and their families
appliesTo period of stay in transit and destination states
preparation for migration
return to state of origin
articleCount 93
category migrant workers' rights instrument
depository Secretary-General of the United Nations
entryIntoForceDate 2003-07-01
establishesBody Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
guaranteesRight equality before the law for migrant workers
freedom from arbitrary arrest or detention for migrant workers
freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment for migrant workers
protection against collective expulsion of migrant workers
right of migrant workers to remuneration for work
right of migrant workers to social security subject to national law
right of migrant workers' children to education
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
monitoringMechanism periodic state reports to the Committee on Migrant Workers
negotiatedWithin United Nations Commission on Human Rights
openedForSignatureDate 1991-12-18
partOf core United Nations human rights treaties
preambleReferences International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
prohibits collective expulsion of migrant workers
confiscation or destruction of identity documents of migrant workers
forced labour of migrant workers
relatedTo International Labour Organization conventions on migrant workers
requiresStateObligation dissemination of information on rights to migrant workers
effective remedies for violations of migrant workers' rights
respect and ensure rights of all migrant workers within territory and jurisdiction
scope all migrant workers regardless of legal status
documented migrant workers
undocumented migrant workers
shortName ICRMW
International Convention on Migrant Workers
subjectMatter human rights of migrant workers
rights of members of migrant workers' families
UNResolutionNumber A/RES/45/158


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