Resources on the Convention
- OHCHR: The International Convention on Migrant Workers and its Committee, Fact Sheet No.24/Rev. 1, 2005
- UNESCO, Migration de travail et protection des droits humains en Afrique, Les obstacles à la Convention Internationale sur la Protection des Droits de tous les Travailleurs Migrants et des Membres de leur Famille en Afrique subsaharienne, 2007 (In French)
- ICMC kit: How to Strengthen Protection of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families with International Human Rights Treaties, Mariette Grange, 2006
- UNESCO Research in Africa: Recherches comparatives sur les droits des migrants en Afrique (In French)
- Asian Experts dubious about Convention, 13 February 2003
- Foundations of Dignity, Current Dynamics of Migration and the Response of International Standards, 2 September 2001
- Durban Review Conference, ILO Contribution, 19 March 2009
- Morocco urges for ratification of international convention on protection of migrant labor rights, 12 April 2001
- Global Migration Group Report International Migration and Human Rights: Challenges and Opportunities on the Threshold of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, October 2008
- December 18 Statement: How can the Committee on Migrant Workers help to protect the rights of irregular migrants?, 6 March 2008
- OHCHR, Migration and Development: a Human Rights Approach, 11 September 2006
- OHCHR, Compilation of Findings and Observations by the UN Human Rights System related to the Human Rights of Migrants, 11 September 2006
- The UN Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers: The Ratification Non-Debate, revised version of a paper prepared for the international UNESCO project on obstacles to ratification of the UN Convention, September 2006
- Communication from the European Commission to the Council: Contribution to the EU Position for the United Nations' High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development, 14 July 2006
- Contribution to the Informal Hearings on the HLD, 12 July 2006
- EPMWR Publication: The UN Migrant Workers Convention: Steps Towards Ratification in Europe. Positions of Civil Society Actors, Government Agencies and Policy Makers in the EU Member States
- EPMWR, The Rights of Migrant Workers in Europe. 2006 Shadow Reports for Estonia, France, Ireland and the United Kingdom
- MPI, Promise and Prospects of the UN's Convention on Migrant Workers, March 2005
- UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers 1990: Challenges?, 15 September 2003
- International Migration and Development, Report by the UN Secretary General to the UN General Assembly, 2002
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