MIGRANT WORKERS CONVENTION RATIFICATION STATUS   The 1990 International Convention On the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families STATUS as of June 2005: State Parties Ratification – 33 Unratified Signatories – 15 Twenty (20) ratifications / accessions are needed for the Convention to enter into force and become effective [1] .  The election of the Treaty Body was held on 11 December 2003.  10 Experts (5/2, 5/4 years terms) – 14 after 41 Ratifications State   Date of Signature Date of Ratification or Accession (a) Argentina 10 August 2004   Algeria   21 April 2005a Azerbaijan   11 January 1999a Bangladesh 7 October 1998   Benin  15 September 2005   Belize   14 November 2001a Bolivia   12 October 2000a Bosnia and Herzegovina   13 December 1996a Burkina Faso 16 November 2001 26 November 2003 Cambodia 27 September 2004   Cape Verde   16 September 1997a Chile 24 September 1993 21 March 2005 Colombia   24 May 1995a Comoros 22 September 2000   Ecuador   5 February 2002a Egypt   19 February 1993a El Salvador 13 September 2002 14 March 2003 Gabon 15 December 2004   Ghana 7 September 2000 8 September 2000 Guatemala 7 September 2000 14 March 2003 Guinea   8 September 2000a Guinea-Bissau 12 September 2000   Guyana 15 September 2005   Honduras   11 August 2005 Indonesia 22 September 2004   Kyrgyzstan   29 September 2003 Lesotho 24 September 2004 16 September 2005   Liberia 22 September 2004   Libyan Arab Jamahiriya   18 June 2004 Mali   5 June 2003 Mexico 22 May 1991 8 March 1999 Morocco 15 August 1991 21 June 1993 Paraguay 13 September 2000   Peru 22 September 2004 14 September 2005   Philippines 15 November 1993 5 July 1995 Sao Tome and Principe 6 September 2000   Senegal   9 June 1999a Seychelles   15 December 1994a Serbia and Montenegro 11 November 2004   Sierra Leone 15 September 2000   Sri Lanka   11 March 1996a Syria   2 June 2005 Tajikistan 7 September 2000 8 January 2002 Timur Leste   30 January 2004 Togo 15 November 2001   Turkey 13 January 1999 27 September 2004 Uganda   14 November 1995a Uruguay   15 February 2001a Signature is a preliminary step to ratification; accession is an “all in one” adoption of the Convention equivalent to ratification in signifying that the Convention standards are incorporated into national law and the country has become a State Party to the Convention.  A status chart, the text of the Convention, and Human Rights Commission resolutions and reports related to migrants’ rights are available on the website of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at www.unhchr.ch. [1] Note: the Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, was adopted by Resolution 45/1581 of 18 December 1990 at the forty –fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.  The Convention is open for signature and ratification or accession by all States in accordance with its article 86.  The UN General Assembly Resolution 3449 of 9 December 1975 recommended the use of the term “non-documented” or “irregular” rather than illegal migration since the latter tends to criminalize the migrants. (Grame Hugo, ILO Tripartite Meeting, June 2003)  The General Assembly first proclaimed 18 December as International Migrants Day on 4 December 2000. ____________________________________ Related Resources/Relevant Links: Full text in PDF form of the 1990 Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. Full text of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Full text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Core UN Human Rights Instruments: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/intlinst.htm ILO Convention 143 concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers: http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C143 ILO Convention 97 on Migration for Employment: http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C097 ILO page on the Review of Standards for Migrant Workers: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc87/r3-1b1.htm BACK TO HOMEPAGE