Appeal to the Australian Government to Ratify the United Nations
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of their Families (The Migrant Workers
Convention) International Migrants Day – 18 December 2011 The
Migrant Workers Convention is one of the nine core United
Nations human rights treaties. It has been ratified by 45
countries. On this 21st anniversary of the signing of this
Convention and eight years after it entered into force, we join
in the civil society appeal to Australia to ratify the
Convention and to be become a leader advocating for the
protection of human rights of those who work outside their
country of origin. The Convention upholds what is already
obvious: that the rights of migrants and their families are
human rights. Australia and Ratification of the Convention The
Australian government has stated that its laws are already
consistent with the standards of the Convention. Australia’s
voice and leadership on this issue will make a difference for
migrants