MFA Statement for International Migrants Day
On 2-3 November 2014, in a gathering of civil society organizations, trade unions and human rights advocates in Dubai, a discussion was initiated to step up the campaign for the […]
Month: December 2014
Joint press release: Open, safe and regular migration channels crucial to stop human rights violations against migrants International Migrants’ Day
(Original post of this statement can be found on the OHCHR website) GENEVA / BANJUL / WASHINGTON D.C. (18 December 2014) – A group of international experts* on the rights […]
International Migrants Day: Joint statement by ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
There are more international migrants today than at any other time in human history. As the Secretary General’s synthesis report on the post-2015 development agenda puts it, ‘we are a […]
About 18 December
International Migrants Day From the UN website On 4 December 2000, the UN General Assembly, taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world, proclaimed 18 December […]
Switzerland ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention (No. 189)
From the ILO On 12 November 2014, the Government of Switzerland deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189). Switzerland […]
Timeline: International Migration
Almost 100 years of policies, and 25 years since the UN Migrant Workers’ Convention Checkout the evolution of policies related to the rights of migrant workers, which later on expanded […]