Migrant domestic workers 2011, para. 61
Paragraphe- Paragraph text
- States parties should repeal sex-specific bans and discriminatory restrictions on women's migration on the basis of age, marital status, pregnancy or maternity status (articles 1 and 7), including restrictions that require women to get permission from their spouse or male guardian to obtain a passport or to travel (article 8) or bans on women migrant domestic workers marrying nationals or permanent residents (article 14), or securing independent housing. States parties should also repeal discriminatory laws, regulations and practices related to HIV, including those which result in the loss of work visas based on HIV status, and ensure that medical testing of migrant domestic workers, including tests for pregnancy or HIV, is only done voluntarily and subject to informed consent.
- Status juridique
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Committee on Migrant Workers
- Type de document
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Movement
- Personnes concernées
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Année
- 2011
- Type de paragraphe
- Conclusion / Recommendation
- Reference
- CMW General Comment No. 1, Migrant domestic workers (2011), para. 61.
- Paragraph info
- Conclusion / Recommendation
- Paragraph number
- 61
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