Ensuring the Rights of Migrant Workers: Views from Origin Countries in Asia

by Nguyen Thi Hong Yen (Editor), Nguyen Toan Thang (Editor), Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (Editor), Su Wai Mon (Editor), Aathira Raju (Contribution by)

Overview

This collection provides insights into international labor migration in the context of globalization through the lens of international law and national law of some Asian countries that are the home countries of migrant workers. The main focus of the volume is on challenges regarding international labor migration that some developing countries in Asia have been confronted with. It investigates and determines current situations in some Asian developing countries having the majority of overseas migrant workers. It also places some emphasis on national regulatory systems of policies and regulations regarding overseas labour migration from those countries. In addition, in light of the current situation on international labour migration, the chapters outlines some recommendations and solutions for those selected developing countries in Asia to resolve existing problems to effectively ensure the protection of the rights of overseas labor migrants and governance of international labor migration in accordance with international standards.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666940381
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	06/15/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	324

About the Author

Nguyen Thi Hong Yen is senior lecturer and researcher in the field of international law at Hanoi Law University.

Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is associate professor at Hanoi Law University.

Nguyen Toan Thang is general director of Comparative Law Institute at Hanoi Law University.

Su Wai Mon is senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law at the University of Malaya.

Table 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

About the Contributors

Editorial Reviews

This book is a well-researched masterpiece on the rights of migrant workers in Asia, written by subject-matter and country experts, brilliantly attuned to the needs of students, academics, and professionals alike.”

Abdul Ghafur Hamid