The Human Rights of Migrant Workers

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Ruhs
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Citizenship Rights ◽  
Nation States ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
International Conventions

This chapter examines why so few countries have ratified international legal instruments for the protection of the rights of migrant workers. The existing literature has identified a host of legal issues and complexities as well as a lack of campaigning and awareness of the United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers (CMW) and other international conventions as key factors. The chapter argues that the primary explanation for the low level of ratifications of international migrant rights conventions lies with the effects of granting or restricting migrant rights on the national interests of migrant-receiving countries. It concludes by conceptualizing migrant rights as a subset of citizenship rights and suggests that policy decisions about the regulation of the rights of different types of migrant workers are, in practice, an integral part of nation-states' overall labor immigration policies.

scholarly journals PERLINDUNGAN HAM PEKERJA MIGRAN: KAJIAN NORMATIF KEWAJIBAN INDONESIA BERDASAR PRINSIP-PRINSIP DAN NORMA-NORMA HUKUM INTERNASIONAL

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Lestari Rahayu ◽  
Siti Muslimah ◽  
Sasmini ,
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Legal Argumentation ◽  
Customary International Law ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
International Conventions

<p align="center"><strong><em>A</em></strong><strong><em>b</em></strong><strong><em>s</em></strong><strong><em>t</em></strong><strong><em>r</em></strong><strong><em>a</em></strong><strong><em>c</em></strong><strong><em>t</em></strong></p><p><em>T</em><em>h</em><em>i</em><em>s research is conducted to get a legal argumentation related to responsibility of Indonesia on protection of its citizen, especially migrant workers. The question will be answered by determining the norms and principles that underlie Indonesia in protecting the human rights of its citizens. The sources of this research are international conventions, customary international law, doctrine, legal instruments in Indonesia and some of publications concerning the state responsibility to protect migrant workers. The legal sources collected by study documentation are analyzed by interpretation and content analysis. The results show that the general legal principles in which become basic of Indonesia associated with its obligation to provide protection of human rights of women migrant workers are based on the principle of nationality/citizenship of Indonesia, the principle of pacta sunt servanda, the principle of exhaustion of local remedies, the shift in meaning of the sovereignty principle and recognition principles theory of natural rights which inherent in every human being. While the norms are contained in the Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97), the Convention on Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions), 1975 (No. 143), United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 1</em><em>9</em><em>9</em><em>0</em><em>.</em></p><p><strong><em>Key words: </em></strong><em>human rights, migrant workers, obligations, international law</em></p><p align="center"><strong>A</strong><strong>b</strong><strong>s</strong><strong>t</strong><strong>ra</strong><strong>k</strong></p><p>Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk memperolah gambaran yang lebih mendalam mengenai tanggung jawab Negara Indonesia dalam memberikan perlindungan terhadap hak-hak warga negaranya, khususnya pekerja migran. Penulis mencoba menjawab permasalahan tersebut dari sisi normatif yaitu dengan mendasarkan pada norma-norma dan prinsip-prinsip yang mewajibkan setiap negara termasuk Indone- sia untuk melindungi hak asasi warga negaranya. Bahan penelitian yang digunakan meliputi perjanjian- perjanjian internasional, doktrin, hukum kebiasaan internasional, peraturan perundang-undangan di Indonesia, serta beberapa publikasi yang terkait dengan kewajiban negara atas perlindungan pekerja migran. Bahan hukum yang dikumpulkan melalui studi dokumen selanjutnya dianalisis melalui interpretasi teks dan analisis isi. Hasil pembahasan menunjukkan bahwa prinsip-prinsip hukum umum yang menjadi dasar Indonesia terkait dengan kewajibannya untuk memberikan perlindungan HAM pekerja migran didasarkan pada prinsip nasionalitas, prinsip <em>pacta sunt servanda</em>, prinsip <em>exhaustion of local remedies</em>, pergeresan makna prinsip kedaulatan dan diakuinya prinsip teori hak-hak kodrati yang melekat dalam diri setiap manusia. Sedangkan norma-normanya terdapat dalam Konvensi Migrasi untuk Pekerjaan (Revisi), 1949 (No. 97), Konvensi Pekerja Migran (Ketentuan-Ketentuan Tambahan), 1975 (No. 143), <em>United Nations Convention on The Protection of The Rights of All Migran Workers and Member of Their Families </em>tahun 1990.</p><strong>Kata kunci: </strong>hak asasi manusia (HAM), pekerja migran, kewajiban, hukum internasional

scholarly journals LEGAL PROTECTION TO THE INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-137
Author(s):  
Raden Muhammad Mihardi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Legal Issue ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
Work Abroad ◽  
The Ideal

Purpose of the study: This research aims to describe legal issue related to the protection to Indonesian migrant workers who work abroad and to analyze the existence of migrant workers in Indonesia, viewed from human rights which must get legal protection in constitution and regulation of legal norm and implementation in the applicable legislation. Methodology: This research used the normative research methodology supported by empirical data from the document of institutional study. Main Findings: Research about the protection of human rights in Indonesian Migrant Worker sector is a certainty. It is guaranteed in the international documents (Declaration of Human Rights in the United Nations, Convention of United Nations on Ecosoc and ILO Convention) and national documents (1945 Constitution and Law of Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection). However, in the perspective of its implementation, it has complexity. The protection to Indonesian migrant workers involves many parties, central and regional rules, and culture. This research focuses on the context of Indonesian Migrant Worker protection in a country where they work from the perspective of human rights. This research has novelty since it captures and analyzes issue of Indonesian Migrant Worker in rules and empirical terms based on the database. Applications of this study: this study can be useful for Immigration is one of the instruments to support unity of family with different nationality background. Novelty/Originality of this study: The new in this study that may find the ideal concept of the treasury of jurisprudence, particularly for foreign citizens who legally get married with Indonesian citizens and ex-Indonesian citizens and children born from legitimate mixed marriage with double citizenship.  

International Conventions and the Regulation of Migration: The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Sweden

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans E. Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Undocumented Immigrants ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Ability To Act ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
International Conventions

It is a contested issue to what extent international conventions on human rights actually constrain states. While earlier shown that courts may invoke international conventions, this article investigates to what extent legislators, when it comes to migration, are similarly restrained. In a context where the trend is that states limit immigration and curb asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants’ social rights, the answer would seem to be that states are obviously unhampered. However, in Sweden there have been changes to the Swedish Aliens Act and to the entitlement to health care which have rather safeguarded asylum seeking and undocumented children’s situation. This article discusses the role that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has played in this development and considers whether this has restrained Sweden’s ability to act.

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