The Sri Lanka NGO Shadow Report on the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Their Families

Abstract

The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families came into force in Sri Lanka in 2003 after having ratified the convention in 1996. The first Periodic Country Report for Sri Lanka was handed over to the Committee on Migrant Workers as was the requirement, in 2008. In 2006, the Action Network for Migrant Workers (ACTFORM) and the Women and Media Collective took it upon themselves to coordinate and prepare the Sri Lanka NGO Shadow Report to be submitted to the Committee on Migrant Workers. The final draft of the NGO Shadow Report was handed over to the Committee on Migrant Workers. The report was prepared with the consultation of several organizations including the Bureau of Foreign Employment, and also follows the ‘’Guidelines for Non Governmental Organizations on the Implementation of the UN Migrant Workers Convention”.