1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families

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United Nations Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR)

“Article 78

The provisions of article 76 of the present Convention shall be applied without prejudice to any procedures for settling disputes or complaints in the field covered by the present Convention laid down in the constituent instruments of, or in conventions adopted by, the United Nations and the specialized agencies and shall not prevent the States Parties from having recourse to any procedures for settling a dispute in accordance with international agreements in force between them.”

“Article 92

1. Any dispute between two or more States Parties concerning the interpretation or application of the present Convention that is not settled by negotiation shall, at the request of one of them, be submitted to arbitration. If within six months from the date of the request for arbitration the Parties are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitration, any one of those Parties may refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice by request in conformity with the Statute of the Court.

2. Each State Party may at the time of signature or ratification of the present Convention or accession thereto declare that it does not consider itself bound by paragraph 1 of the present article. The other States Parties shall not be bound by that paragraph with respect to any State Party that has made such a declaration.

3. Any State Party that has made a declaration in accordance with paragraph 2 of the present article may at any time withdraw that declaration by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.”

Secretary-General of the United Nations

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01/07/2003

“Article 87

1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following a period of three months after the date of the deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.

2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the present Convention after its entry into force, the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following a period of three months after the date of the deposit of its own instrument of ratification or accession.”

1930 Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour

1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1949 Convention concerning Migration for Employment

1957 Convention concerning Abolition of Forced Labour

1949 Recommendation concerning Migration for Employment

1960 Convention against Discrimination in Education

1975 Convention concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers

1975 Recommendation concerning Migrant Workers

2007 ASEAN Declaration On The Protection And Promotion Of The Rights Of Migrant Workers

2017 ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers<

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights accessed on 19/07/2021