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The ILO and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: labour migration, decent work and implementation of the Compact with specific reference to the Arab states region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2020

Ryszard Cholewinski
Ryszard Cholewinski*
Affiliation:
Senior Migration Specialist, ILO Regional Office for Arab States, Beirut, Lebanon
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*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper explores the role played by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in the consultations and stocktaking during 2017 and the negotiations during 2018 leading up to the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). It examines selected parts of the text of the GCM, with particular reference to the ILO's mandate of securing social justice and decent work, as well as the protection of migrant workers and governance of labour migration. The final part of the paper looks ahead to the ILO's role in the implementation of the GCM, with specific reference to the Arab states region, where migration for employment is significant and the governance challenges, particularly in relation to the protection of low-wage and low-skilled workers, are especially acute.

Keywords

human rightsinternational labour lawinternational migration lawILOGlobal Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular MigrationArab states region
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International Journal of Law in Context , Volume 16 , Special Issue 3: Migrants' Rights Finally Front and Centre of the International Agenda? Exploring the Perils and Possibilities of the SDGs and the GCM , September 2020 , pp. 304 - 320
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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