A. General
Principles
Articles 1(1), 7: non discrimination;
Article 83: right to an effective remedy;
Article 84: duty to implement the Convention.
B. Part III of the
Convention:
Human rights
of all migrant
workers and
members of their
families:
Article 8: Right to leave any country including own and to return.
Articles 9, 10: Right to life; prohibition of torture; prohibition of inhuman or degrading
treatment.
Article 11: Prohibition of slavery and forced labour.
Articles 12, 13 & 26: Freedom of opinion and expression; freedom of thought conscience
and religion; right to join a trade union.
Articles 14, 15: Prohibition of arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy, home,
correspondence and other communications; prohibition of arbitrary deprivation of
property.
Article 16 (§1-4), 17 & 24: Right to liberty and security of persons; safeguards against
arbitrary arrest and detention; recognition as a person before the law.
Articles 16 (§5-9), 18, 19: Right to procedural guarantees.
Article 20: Prohibition of imprisonment, deprivation of authorization of residence and/or
work permit and expulsion merely on the ground of failure to fulfill a contractual obligation.
Articles 21, 22, 23: Protection from confiscation and/or destruction of ID and other
documents; protection against collective expulsion; right to recourse to consular or
diplomatic protection.
Articles 25, 27, 28: Principle of equality of treatment in respect of: remuneration and other
conditions of work and terms of employment; social security; and right to receive urgent
medical care.
Articles 29, 30, 31: Right of a child of a migrant worker to a name, registration of birth and
nationality; access to education on the basis of equality of treatment; respect for the cultural
identity of migrant workers and members of their families.
Articles 32, 33: Right to transfer in the state of origin their earnings, savings and personal
belongings; right to be informed on the rights arising from the Convention and dissemination
of information.
C. Part IV of the
Convention: other
rights of migrant
workers and their
families who
are documented
or in a regular
situation
Article 37: Right to be informed before departure of the conditions of admission to the
State of employment and of their remunerated activity.
Articles 38, 39: Right to be temporarily absent without effect upon authorization to stay or
work; right to liberty of movement and to choose the residence in the territory of the State
of employment.
Articles 40, 41, 42: Right to form associations and trade unions; right to participate in
public affairs of their State of origin and to vote and be elected at election of that State;
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