migrant workers from using the courts and other systems ofredress.If deportation cannot
be avoided, States parties need to treat each case individually, with due consideration to
the gender-related circumstances andrisks of humanrights violations in the country of
origin (articles 2 (c), (e) and (f));
Bilateral and regional
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27. Measuresthatare required include butarenotlimited to thefollowing:
(a) Bilateral and regional agreements: States parties who are sending
or receiving and transit countries should enterinto bilateral or regional
agreements or memorandumsof understanding protecting the rights of
women migrantworkersaselaboratedin this general recommendation(article 3);
(b) Best practices and sharingof information, as follows:
(i) States parties are also encouragedto sharetheir experience of best practices and relevant
information to promotethe full protection of the rights of women migrant workers(article 3);
(ii) States parties should cooperate on providing information on perpetrators ofviolations of
the rights of women migrant workers. Whenprovided with information regarding perpetrators
within their territory, States parties should take measures to investigate, prosecute and punish
them (article 2 (c)).
Recommendations
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28. States parties should includein their reports information about the
legal framework, policies and programmes they have implemented to
protectthe rights of women migrant workers, taking into consideration
the sex- and gender-based humanrights concernslisted in paragraphs
10 to 22 and guided by the recommendationsgiven in paragraphs 23 to
27of this general recommendation. Adequate data should be collected on the enforcement
andeffectiveness of laws, policies and programmes andthe defacto situation of women
migrant workers,so that the information in the reports is meaningful. This information should
be provided underthe mostappropriate articles of the Convention, guided by the suggestions
given againstall the recommendations.
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29. States parties are encouragedtoratify all international instruments
relevantto the protection of the human rights of migrant women workers,
in particular, the International Convention onthe Protectionof the Rights
of All Migrant Workers and Membersof Their Families.