States should ensure that migrant workers have access to legal remedies, including compensation, in cases where recruitment agencies have contributed to the violation of rights or have not complied with requirements under national law or policy.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Health
Movement
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/23/41, para. 27.