MODULE 5 - Towards an ASEAN Regional Instrument on Migrant Workers

2007 January - ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers, 12th ASEAN Summit, January 2007 at Cebu, Philippines tasks the relevant ASEAN bodies with following up on the Declaration and developing an ASEAN instrument on the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers. [...] 2008 September - ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) Work Plan prioritises the work along four “thrust areas”: • Step up protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers against exploitation and mistreatment. [...] Develop, through the ASEAN Committee on  the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration  on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights  of Migrant Workers (ACMW), an action plan  15 MODULE 5 TOWARDS AN ASEAN REGIONAL INSTRUMENT ON MIGRANT WORKERS based on consensus to protect and promote  the rights of migrant workers as reflected  in the Consensus, report the progress of  implementation of the Conse. [...] Each year the Forum develops recommendations to advance the implementation of the principles of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers. [...] Introduction to the Convention on the Protection of Migrant Workers and Their Families (CMW) Objectives: » To familiarise participants with the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and relevant ILO resolutions/conventions.