Title Page
ABSTRACTS
Contents
ABBREVIATION 12
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 13
1.1. Rationales 13
1.2. Legal issues 18
1.3. Study Objectives 19
1.4. Scopes and Limitations of Study 19
1.5. Research Methodology 20
CHAPTER II: ANALYSIS ON THE CURRENT ISSUES OF MIGRATION IN ASEAN REGION 21
2.1. General Concept on Migrant Workers and Definition 21
2.2. Labour Migration and Human Rights Abuse in ASEAN 22
2.3. Human Right abuse on the Vulnerable Group 26
2.3.1. Undocumented Migrant Workers 26
2.3.2. Women and Children 29
2.4. ASEAN Regional Declaration on the Protection and Promotion on the Rights of Migrant Workers 31
2.5. The Conflict between the ASEAN Member States on the Application and Interpretation of the ASEAN Instrument Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers 2008 33
2.5.1. Conflict of Interests between Member States 33
CHAPTER III: THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS UNDER INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK 41
3.1. Definition of Migrant Workers under International Law 41
3.2. Migrant Workers Rights Under the International Legal Framework 42
3.2.1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 43
3.2.2. Principle of Equality of Non-Discrimination of the United Nations 46
3.2.3. International Convention on the Protection on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families (ICRMW) 46
3.3. Migrant Workers Under International Labour Standards 49
3.3.1. Migration for Employment Convention 1949 (No. 97) 51
3.3.2. Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provision) Convention 1975 (No. 143) 52
3.4. Regional Response to the Protection of Migrant Workers' Rights 54
3.4.1. Asian Human Rights Charter 54
3.4.2. ASEAN Regional Action Plans 56
3.4.3. ASEAN Declaration on Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers 64
4.1. Bilateral Agreements (BAs) 65
CHAPTER IV: AN OVERVIEW OFASEAN ON MIGRANT WORKERS 68
4.1. Definition of Terminology 68
4.2. General Background of ASEAN and Migration Movement in ASEAN region 70
4.2.1. Overview of ASEAN 70
4.2.2. ASEAN Community 2015 and Labour Migration 71
4.2.3. The Development of ASEAN Migrant Workers Movement 75
4.3. The Characteristic of the ASEAN Declaration on Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers 81
4.3.1. Historical Background 81
4.3.2. The Purpose of the Declaration 83
4.3.3. Structure of Formation 84
4.3.4. General Principle 88
4.3.5. Obligations 89
CHAPTER V: RECOMMENDATION FOR THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ASEAN INSTRUMENT ON THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS TO ALL ASEAM MEMBER STATES 92
5.1. National Response 93
5.1.1 The Improvement and Strengthening of Member States' National Laws and Policies 94
5.1.2. Ratification of International Human Rights Instruments and other International Instruments 96
5.1.3. Ratification of the Eight ILO Core Conventions 99
5.2. Regional Response 101
5.2.1. The Improvement of ASEAN Regional Legal Framework 101
5.2.2. Establishment of New Instrument followed by the Four Core Principles of ASEAN 102
5.2.3. The Instrument should be legally binding 107
5.3. International Cooperation 108
5.3.1. UN and other IOs 109
5.3.2. The Protection from Consular Officers 110
CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSION 113
REFERENCES 119