About This Publication

Achieving Dignity: Campaigner's Handbook for the Migrants Rights Convention is a handbook for organizers prepared by the International Migrants Rights Watch Committee (IMRWC) to promote ratification and entry into force of the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

Written by

Sections I and II:

Patrick A. Taran, World Council of Churches

Section III:

Shirley Hune, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA with excerpts from the Migrant Forum in Asia publication "Ratifying UN Convention Protecting Migrant Workers" MIGRANT WOMEN Quest for Justice.

Section IV:

Cathi Tactaquin, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, USA and Patrick A. Taran.

Editorial Review

Yenny del Carmen Hurtado, Domestic Workers Union, Colombia
Wan-Hea Lee, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva
Bronwen Manby, Human Rights Watch, Britain
Joseph Oneka, Uganda Joint Christian Council, Uganda
Cathi Tactaquin, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, USA
Mayan Villalba, UNLAD-Kabayan Foundation, Philippines

Editing and Desktop Publishing

Sarah Stephens, Consultant to the IMRWC

About the IMRWC

The International Migrants Rights Watch Committee (IMRWC) is the independent global monitoring body focusing on promoting the human rights of migrants. Its 28 members are drawn from human rights, legal, trade union, migrant and religious backgrounds in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and the Pacific regions.

About the Campaign Steering Committee

The IMRWC served as convener to establish the Steering Committee for the Global Campaign for the Migrants Rights Convention. The Steering Committee provides overall guidance and coordination for the global effort to bring the convention into force.

Steering Committee member organizations: European Union Migrants Forum, Human Rights Watch, Inter-American Institute for Human Rights, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), International Labour Organization (ILO), International Migrants Rights Watch Committee, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Migrants Forum in Asia, Public Service International (PSI), Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and World Council of Churches (WCC).

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