Migration and human rights : the United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights
Migration and human rights : the United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights the United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights /
edited by Ryszard Cholewinski, Paul de Guchteneire, Antoine Pécoud.
- Paris : Cambridge, England : UNESCO Pub. ; Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- xx, 452 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The UN Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights / Migration and human rights: the uneasy but essential relationship / Role of civil society in campaigning for and using the ICRMW / Committee on migrant workers and implementation of the ICRMW / Migrants' rights in UN human rights convention / The need for a rights-based approach to migration in the age of globalization / Patrick A. Taran -- Obstacles to, and opportunities for, ratification of the ICRMW in Asia / Obstacles to ratification of the ICRMW in Canada / Mexico's role in promoting and implementing the ICRMW / Migrants' rights after apartheid: South African responses to the ICRMW / Policy on the ICRMW in the United Kingdom / The French political refusal on Europe's behalf / Migration and human rights in Germany / Migration and human rights in Italy: prospects for the ICRMW / The ICRMW and the European Union / Paul de Guchteneire and Antoine Pécoud -- Graziano Battistella -- Mariette Grange and Marie D'Auchamp -- Carla Edelenbos -- Isabelle Slinckx -- Nicola Piper -- Victor Piché, Eugénie Depatie-Pelletier and Dina Epale -- Gabriela Díaz and Gretchen Kuhner -- Johnathan Crush, Vincent Williams and Peggy Nicholson -- Bernard Ryan -- Hélène Oger -- Felicitas Hillmann and Amanda Klekowski Von Koppenfels -- Kristina Touzenis -- Euan MacDonald and Ryszard Cholewinski. Introduction :
"The UN Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights is the most comprehensive international treaty in the field of migration and human rights. Adopted in 1990 and entered into force in 2003, it sets a standard in terms of access to human rights for migrants. However, it suffers from a marked indifference: only forty states have ratified it and no major immigration country has done so. This highlights how migrants remain forgotten in terms of access to rights. Even though their labour is essential in the world economy, the non-economic aspect of migration -- and especially migrants' rights -- remain a neglected dimension of globalisation. This volume provides in-depth information on the Convention and on the reasons behind states' reluctance towards its ratification. It brings together researchers, international civil servants and NGO members and relies upon an interdisciplinary perspective that includes not only law, but also sociology and political science."--Publisher's description
9780521136112 (pbk. : Cambridge Univ. Press) 9780521199469 (hardback : Cambridge Univ. Press) 9789231040900 (pbk. : UNESCO) 9231040901 (pbk. : UNESCO) 0521199468 0521136113 (pbk.)
2010288669
015429736 Uk
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (1990)
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (1990)
Human rights.
Foreign workers--Legal status, laws, etc.
Foreign workers--Legal status, laws, etc.
Human rights.
Migration.
Travailleurs migrants.
Droits de l'homme.
Conventions internationales.
Application des lois.
Ratification d'accords.
K3240 / .M54
340.2
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The UN Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights / Migration and human rights: the uneasy but essential relationship / Role of civil society in campaigning for and using the ICRMW / Committee on migrant workers and implementation of the ICRMW / Migrants' rights in UN human rights convention / The need for a rights-based approach to migration in the age of globalization / Patrick A. Taran -- Obstacles to, and opportunities for, ratification of the ICRMW in Asia / Obstacles to ratification of the ICRMW in Canada / Mexico's role in promoting and implementing the ICRMW / Migrants' rights after apartheid: South African responses to the ICRMW / Policy on the ICRMW in the United Kingdom / The French political refusal on Europe's behalf / Migration and human rights in Germany / Migration and human rights in Italy: prospects for the ICRMW / The ICRMW and the European Union / Paul de Guchteneire and Antoine Pécoud -- Graziano Battistella -- Mariette Grange and Marie D'Auchamp -- Carla Edelenbos -- Isabelle Slinckx -- Nicola Piper -- Victor Piché, Eugénie Depatie-Pelletier and Dina Epale -- Gabriela Díaz and Gretchen Kuhner -- Johnathan Crush, Vincent Williams and Peggy Nicholson -- Bernard Ryan -- Hélène Oger -- Felicitas Hillmann and Amanda Klekowski Von Koppenfels -- Kristina Touzenis -- Euan MacDonald and Ryszard Cholewinski. Introduction :
"The UN Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights is the most comprehensive international treaty in the field of migration and human rights. Adopted in 1990 and entered into force in 2003, it sets a standard in terms of access to human rights for migrants. However, it suffers from a marked indifference: only forty states have ratified it and no major immigration country has done so. This highlights how migrants remain forgotten in terms of access to rights. Even though their labour is essential in the world economy, the non-economic aspect of migration -- and especially migrants' rights -- remain a neglected dimension of globalisation. This volume provides in-depth information on the Convention and on the reasons behind states' reluctance towards its ratification. It brings together researchers, international civil servants and NGO members and relies upon an interdisciplinary perspective that includes not only law, but also sociology and political science."--Publisher's description
9780521136112 (pbk. : Cambridge Univ. Press) 9780521199469 (hardback : Cambridge Univ. Press) 9789231040900 (pbk. : UNESCO) 9231040901 (pbk. : UNESCO) 0521199468 0521136113 (pbk.)
2010288669
015429736 Uk
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (1990)
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (1990)
Human rights.
Foreign workers--Legal status, laws, etc.
Foreign workers--Legal status, laws, etc.
Human rights.
Migration.
Travailleurs migrants.
Droits de l'homme.
Conventions internationales.
Application des lois.
Ratification d'accords.
K3240 / .M54
340.2