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This collection provides a picture of legal and practical issues of migrant workers, including documented and undocumented migrant workers in the Asian region. It concludes by summarizing the difficulties governments have in protecting the rights of migrant workers, setting out potential future solutions based on member states' practices.
List of contents
Introduction
Part I: Are International Human Rights Standards Sufficient to Protect the Rights of Migrant Workers?
Chapter 1: International Legal Framework for the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers, Nguyen Thi Hong Yen and Tran Thi Thu Thuy
Chapter 2: Agreements and Mechanisms for the Migrant Workers' Rights in Asia: Significant Challenges Confronted by a Highly-Populated Continent, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan
Chapter 3: The Rights of Child Workers as Migrants, Chu Manh Hung
Chapter 4: The Rights of Women Migrant Workers - From the Perspective and Experience of Origin Countries in Asia, Nguyen Thi Hong Yen and Nguyen Phuong Dung
Chapter 5: The Rights of Illegal Migrant Workers, Tran Thi Thu Thuy and Nguyen Tien Duc
Part II: Laws of Some Asian Origin Countries on the Rights of Migrant Workers
Chapter 6: Protecting the Rights of Migrant Workers in Vietnam: Assessing the Effectiveness of Laws and Associated Instruments, Nguyen Thi Thanh Hai
Chapter 7: International Labor Migration Governance in Myanmar: Challenges and the Way Forward, Su Wai Mon
Chapter 8: Nepali Laws on Ensuring the Rights of Migrant Workers, Geeta Pathak Sangroula and Amritha Viswanath Shenoy
Chapter 9: The Law Relating to Migrant Laborers: A Study of Indian Law and Ilo Instruments, S. Anandha Krishma Raj and Aathira Raju
Chapter 10: Indonesian Laws on Ensuring the Rights of Migrant Workers, Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto
Part III: Identifying The Challenges of Asia Origin Countries in Ensuring the Rights of Migrant Workers
Chapter 11: Challenges for Ensuring the Rights of Migrant Workers from Developing Countries in Asia, Nguyen Toan Thang and Mac Thi Hoai Thuong
Chapter 12: Recommendations to Effectively Ensure the Rights of Migrant Workers from Developing Countries in Asia, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Nguyen Toan Thang, and Nguyen Thi Hong Yen
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Edited by Nguyen Thi Hong Yen; Nguyen Toan Thang; Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Su Wai Mon - Contributions by Aathira Raju; Amritha V. shenoy; S. Anandha Krishna Raj; Chu Manh Hung; Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto; Geeta Pathak Sangroula; Mac Thi Hoai Thuong; Nguy
Summary
This collection provides a picture of legal and practical issues of migrant workers, including documented and undocumented migrant workers in the Asian region. It concludes by summarizing the difficulties governments have in protecting the rights of migrant workers, setting out potential future solutions based on member states' practices.
