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CMW - The Rights of Migrant Workers in an Irregular Situation and Members of their Families (2011) - Written Submissions

  • Les droits fondamentaux des travailleurs migrants dépourvus de documents ou en situation irrégulière (A. Tall)
  • Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of Employment and Labor Laws in America’s Cities (Report)
  • Empadronamiento de Personas Extranjeras, Cohesión Social y Ejercicio de los Derechos (Cáritas Española)
  • Detención e Internamiento de Inmigrantes en Situación Irregular en España: La excepcionalidad y desproporcionalidad convertidas en regla (Centro Pueblo Unidos)
  • Rights for Detained Migrant Workers in an Irregular Situation. Two Approaches: Europe and America (C. Goyzueta)
  • A plea for the right to ‘migration orientation’ of undocumented migrants (FOYER)
  • Global Workers Justice Alliance and the American University Washington College of Law
  • Iced Out: How Immigration Enforcement has Interfered with Workers’ Rights
  • International Detention Coalition (IDC)
  • Migrant Forum in Asia
  • Thailand’s Low Skilled Migration Policy: Progress and Challenges (Mahidol Migration Center)
  • Foreign Labour: A Changing Migration Landscape for Thailand (Mahidol Migration Center)
  • Mahidol Migration Center Newsletter
  • Workplace Violations, Immigration Status, and Gender: Summary of Findings from the 2008 Unregulated Work Survey (National Employment Law Project)
  • National Employment Law Project Statement
  • NGO Committee on Migration
  • The Challenges When Protecting the Rights of Migrant Workers in an Irregular Situation and Members of Their Families: The Argentine Experience (P. Cavaleri)
  • R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Network
  • Stichting LOS
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    CESCR, CEDAW, CRC, CMW and CRPD hold "Days of General Discussion", and CERD holds “Thematic Discussions”. The Committee holds a discussion of a different topic on each of these Days, and may publish the results of the discussion in its annual or session report. Usually a number of background papers are submitted and published for the Day of Discussion.