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The UN Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights is the most comprehensive international treaty in the field of migration and human rights. Adopted in 1990 and entered into force in 2003, it sets a standard in terms of access to human rights for migrants. However, it suffers from a marked indifference: only forty states have ratified it and no major immigration country has done so. This highlights how migrants remain forgotten in terms of access to rights. Even though their labour is essential in the world economy, the non-economic aspect of migration - and especially migrants' rights - remain a neglected dimension of globalisation. This volume provides in-depth information on the Convention and on the reasons behind states' reluctance towards its ratification. It brings together researchers, international civil servants and NGO members and relies upon an interdisciplinary perspective that includes not only law, but also sociology and political science.

Human rights --- International private law --- United Nations --- Human Rights --- Foreign workers --- Legal status, laws, etc --- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families --- Human rights. --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law and legislation --- Convention internationale sur la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et de leur famille --- Convention internationale sur la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille --- Convention on Migrant Workers --- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and their Families --- Konvensi Internasional Tentang Perlindungan Hak Semua Buruh Migran dan Anggota Keluarganya --- Migrant Workers Convention --- New International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and their Families --- UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families --- United Nations Convention on Migrants' Rights --- United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families --- United Nations Migrant Worker Rights Convention --- Convención Internacional sobre la Protección de los Derechos de todos los Trabajadores Migratorios y sus familias --- Konvensi Internasional Tentang Perlindungan Hak-Hak Semua Pekerja Migran dan Anggota Keluarganya --- Law --- General and Others --- Foreign workers - Legal status, laws, etc