Migrant Workers in International Human Rights Law: Their Protection in Countries of Employment

Migrant Workers in International Human Rights Law: Their Protection in Countries of Employment
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Год
 
Страниц
 
178
ISBN
 
0198259921
Издатель
 
University of Chicago Press
Категория
 
HR

Описание:

Migrant workers and their families outnumber refugees and displaced persons, but are given far less attention when it comes to the international protection of their rights. Indeed, to be an economic migrant today carries with it a stigma in a word wherebarriers to voluntary international migration are growing ever higher. This timely work evaluates the international protection of the rights of migrant workers and their families in countries of employment focusing on their economic, social, cultural, political, and residence rights. The book begins with an overview of international labour migration and its relationship to the right to development. It examines the rights of migrant workers as aliens in general international human rights law as well as the specific efforts and measures of the International Labour Organization and the United Nations. The final part contains a comprehensive case study of the multifarious standards adopted under the auspices of the Council of Europe and...

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