Reaffirms that, once a migrant assumes an employment relationship, regardless of their immigration status, the State in which he or she is employed has the obligation to ensure the respect of their labour-related human rights, as contained in the international instruments to which the State is a party;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Movement
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2011
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, The human rights of migrants (2011), A/HRC/RES/18/21, OP 10.