PADM 5855. International Human Rights

11. Migrant Workers and their Families

8, 10, April 2024

This session of the seminar will discuss the work of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. including looking at on-going negotiations on a migration Global Compact.

Questions covered	Who is a migrant worker? How is the Convention connected to the broader issue of migration?
Lectures	Lecture
Required readings	International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, background and adopted text, 11 December 2018

Recommended readings	High-level panel on Strengthening Migration Statistics: the 2030 Agenda and the New York Declaration, 5 March 2018
Discussion question	Why haven't countries that receive migrants ratified the Convention? What is the connection with the Global Compact?
Simulation	The simulation will look at the periodic report of the Philippines. The reports will be in the course Canvas.
Recording	Recordings of 8, 10 April will be in the course Canvas.

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