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NONA KALANDADZE
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF
ALL MIGRANT WORKERS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES AND UN
MONITORING MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS
OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES
INTRODUCTION
Labour migration is a very important aspect
of globalization and an expression of the
processes of international integration. It has
rapidly accelerated in the aftermath of World
War II. It was reasoned by current political and
economic processes, normalization of the relations
among the countries, reinforcement of
political, labour and social rights of aliens on
the one hand and facilitation of communications
between the different States, reduction
of transportation prices and increase of the
level of awareness of the population on the
other hand.
The collapse of the socialist system had a
great impact on the migration trend of the
world. The rapid deterioration of living standards
and increasing political instability generated
new waves of migrations. The development
of migration from Georgia was equally
affected and determined by economic collapse
and the newly emerging trends of labour
force supply and demand on the domestic,
as well as international labour market.
For the first time its serious interest has
been expressed by the Organization of United
Nations in 1972, since the Economic and
Social Council in its resolution 1706 (LIII) expressed
alarm at the illegal transportation of
labour to some European States and at the
exploitation of workers from some African
States "in conditions akin to slavery and forced
labour”. Later the same year, the General Assembly
in its resolution 2920 (XXVII) condemned
discrimination against foreign workers
and called upon Governments to end such
practices and to improve reception arrangements
for migrant labours. 1
International Convention on the Protection
of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members
of Their Families was adopted by the UN
without the ballot in 1990. 2 This convention is
the broadest international convention in the
world, which aims at the protection of civil and
political as well as economic, social and cultural
rights of the labour migrants and their
families. It defines the rights of the labour migrants
and the members of their families in
details, only together with the obligations of
the States in a view of there immigration policy
and practices. 3
By adopting the Convention, the rights of
the labour migrants and the remedies to ensure
their rights have been defined. It involves
30-years discussions, including UN researches
on human rights, opinions and recommendations,
expert assessments, debates and UN
resolutions on the labour migrants. 4
51 States were the members of the convention
by March, 2007, among them 37
States have ratified this convention. 5
1. SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL
“CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE
RIGHTS OF ALL MIGRANT WORKERS AND
MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES”
Convention on Migrant Workers strengthens
and completes principles and provisions
stipulated in the basic treaties on human rights
of the UN. 6
The Convention 7 stipulates the implementation
of such minimum standards, which implies
the conduction of necessary activities by
the State in relation to the labour migrants and
their families, in spite of emigration status, so
the origin of the labour migrants and mem-
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