Rights groups urge Jamaica and Mexico to protect migrant workers and reassess detention practices

Rights groups urge Jamaica and Mexico to protect migrant workers and reassess detention practices

Amnesty International urged Mexico and Jamaica to “protect their migrant workers from discrimination and labour exploitation” on Monday, following a review by the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. In an oral statement, the rights organization called on Mexico and Jamaica to “renegotiate their bilateral labour migration agreement with Canada, seeking specific guarantees to ensure th…

The United Nations Committee for the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) recognized Mexico's work for legal reforms and commitment to the protection of the human rights of persons in that situation, as well as the challenge that United States policy represents in this regard, but also criticized the strategy.

IDA supports Coamex's engagement at the 40th session of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Today, IDA Senior Human Rights Advisor, Juan Ignacio Pérez Bello, delivered a statement on behalf of the Coalición México por los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad at the at the public Informal meeting with NGOs and NHRIs held by the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, on the first day of its 40th session. This is the first time that IDA collaborates with a national umbrella OPD…