Specific recommendations for the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) of the Philippines l) Monitor and evaluate legal assistance services, including repatriation services provided by the government, and come up with concrete recommendations for the swift and speedy resolution of cases. 2) Identifo and support potentially landmark cases, especialll but not only on illegal recruitment and trafficking, that can influence the prosecution of cases here and abroad. Among others this can involve initiating fact-finding missions to other countries and advocating on specific cases of migrants rights riolations. 3) Give particular attention to measures upholding the ri_shts of dornestic workers and the undocumented workers in Sabah. 4) Support specific campaigns vital concems that have direct implications on the human rights of migrant workers. This can include such as the da1'offcampaign, increase of wages of domestic helpers and others. Recommendations for ASEAN 1) Initiate regional consultations for monitoring the migrant rishts situation, exchanging information, reviewing and recommending policies. Participants can include government organizations and NGOs. especialll' genu ine misrant organizations, and that approach can be inter-disciplinary'. 2) Guarantee that migration and migrant rights violations are a shared obligation of both sending and receiving countries, and migrants rights are to be respected in both. This can be sought through the AMCW and subsequent agreements. statements of principles and measures adopted. 3) Create a special mechanism for the monitoring of problems arisin_s fom migration of women - including but not only marriage migrants, trafficking and sexual abuse - and for the exchange of information. 4) Create a special body to investigate, monitor and review the situation of undocumented workers and refugees especially in Sabah and along the Mekong border. 5) Enact stringent measures to ensure that governments can swiftly prosecute violators of human and migrants'rights particularly concerning illegal recruitment, trafficking and violence against women. However these must avoid criminalzation of victims and focus on the prevention of the crime and the protection of rights of victims. Having easy access to justice in the region is important and minimizing barriers or an adequate harmonized legal structure for the region can be effective. The 58