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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

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