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UN Migrant
Rights Convention Entered Into Force!!
On July 1,
2003 the UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights
of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
(International Migrant Rights Convention)-an international
treaty that establishes binding standards on the treatment
and human rights of documented and undocumented migrant
workers and their families. Guatemala became the 20th
country to ratify the treaty, fulfilling the requirement
for the minimum number of ratifications needed for the
convention to enter into force. El Salvador quickly
became the 21st country, and Mali, the 22nd to ratify.
The United Nations will now establish an office to monitor
the Convention’s implementation, as well as an
international committee to review countries’ adherence
to the treaty. (The United States has not signed onto
this treaty.)
Migrant
Rights International Celebrates Entry into Force of
Migrant Rights Convention
Call
for Universal Ratification of Migrant Rights Convention
Read the
actual
text of the UN International Migrant Rights Convention
The
factsheet provides
background information on the UN Migrant Rights Convention
To read the
UN Special Rapporteur on Migration’s press release
on the Convention’s entry into force, visit: www.unhchr.ch
(and look at last entry under “news”)
Click for
more information on implementation
procedures for the UN International Migrant Rights
Convention
The
Global Campaign for the Ratification of the Convention
on the Rights of Migrants is an international campaign
to encourage governments to ratify the International
Migrant Rights Convention
Read the
statement
of the Steering Committee for the Global Campaign
for the Ratification of the UN Convention on the Protection
of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
Achieving
Dignity: Campaigner’s Handbook for the Migrants
Rights Convention is available online in English.
Produced by Migrants Rights International for the Global
Campaign on Migrants Rights. Third printing, April 2000.
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Migrant
Rights are Human Rights! 