ASEAN Committee on Migrant Workers
1st Meeting of ACMW Drafting Team
The ACMW-DT agreed upon an outline for an ASEAN instrument on migrant workers which was the result of recommendations of a ACMW workshop held in Manila.
5th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
The 5th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour was themed, Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers: Towards Effective Recruitment Practices and Regulations . Attended by Representatives of the governments, employers and workers organisations, and civil society organisations of ASEAN Member States, the...
ACMW Workshop on the Scope and Coverage & Right of Migrant Workers
ACMW representatives discussed the scope of the Instrument for the implementation of the declaration. The outcome of the workshop was brought to the 1st ACMW-IDT meeting as a summary. Malaysia was not present at this workshop.
5th Meeting of ACMW Drafting Team
The ACWC DT agreed to create a zero draft instrument on migrant worker rights involving the following 7 elements: ' The definition of undocumented Migrant Workers will be included in brackets and discussed during phase 2 of the negotiations over the instrument ' The ASEAN Secretariat will...
1st Meeting of ACMW
The ACMW representatives met for the first time and agreed upon a terms of reference and work plan.
1st ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
The theme for the 1st ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour was, 'Follow-up to the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers A Way Forward to Operationalizing the Declaration .
4th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
With the theme, Improving the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Migrant Workers through Public Campaigns, the 4th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour was attended by Representatives of the governments, employers and workers organisations, and civil society organisations of ASEAN...
4th Meeting of ACMW
ACMW discussed: regulations aimed at protecting the rights of migrant workers, the development of protocols to provide migrant workers with education and training before their overseas placement, protection of migrant workers employed outside ASEAN, establishment of cooperation with bodies dealing with transnational crimes and development of ways to scrap...
