Report/Press release
Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
- Date
2010
- Authors
Gulnara Shahinian
- Abstract
** p. 21:
Migrant domestic workers are vulnerable to subjugation to servitude, since
they often have a precarious migration status and face prejudices. The Special
Rapporteur recommends that States:-Abolish immigration regimes that tie a visa to the sponsorship of a single
employer, including for domestic workers employed by diplomats;
- Recognize migrant domestic workers’ right to freely choose where they reside
and abolish any live-in requirements stipulated by law or regulations;--cited in : Protections for Migrant Domestic Workers Employed by Foreign Diplomats in Ireland: Time for Reform, by MRCI
- Document number
A/HRC/15/20
- Responsible institution
United Nations General Assembly Human Rights Council
- Links
- Geographical focuses
International Organizations