Protecting Migrant Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This policy brief provides information and identifies a number of key recommendations to assist governments and other stakeholders in designing COVID-19 policy responses that can help to ensure the protection of migrant workers, as well as to inform responses for the protection of refugees and those displaced working in countries other than their own, differentiated by gender as appropriate and based upon relevant international labour standards,1 and ILO guidance and good practices. This document will be updated regularly as the situation evolves.

The brief is also available in Spanish, French, Indonesian, Russian, and Turkish (see below).

Protecting migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic - International Labour Organization, 2020 DOWNLOAD

Proteger a los trabajadores migrantes durante la pandemia del COVID-19 - OIT, 2020 DOWNLOAD

Protéger les travailleurs migrants pendant la pandémie de COVID-19 - L'OIT, 2020 DOWNLOAD

Pelindungan pekerja migran selama pandemi COVID-19 - International Labour Organization, 2020 DOWNLOAD

Как защитить трудовых мигрантов в условиях пандемии COVID-19 - MOT, 2020 DOWNLOAD

COVID-19 küresel salgınında göçmen işçileri korumak - International Labour Organization DOWNLOAD

Tackling Sexual Harassment in Low-Paid and Insecure Work

Guidance

The purpose of this position paper is to inform the development of an effective labour market enforcement strategy for tackling sexual harassment in the context of low-paid and insecure work. It seeks to nuance the discussion around se...Read More

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Legislating Against Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking & Forced Labour

Guidance

This e-handbook is a comprehensive guide for parliamentarians and parliamentary officials on legislating effectively against modern slavery-related crimes. The e-Handbook covers topics such as: gathering cross-party support; creating and r...Read More

TAGS: Europe

Recovering Rights Series: Business and Human Rights in a Just Recovery

COVID-19 resourcesGuidance

This brief is part of a series highlighting how we can leverage the commitments governments have made to guarantee human rights to steer us towards a just recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic response has demanded a greater role for ...Read More

TAGS: Supplier Management Global

Crime and Contagion: The impact of a pandemic on organized crime

COVID-19 resourcesStandards & Codes of Conduct

The fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic is having profound impacts on society and the economy, and it will also influence and shape organized crime and illicit markets. The institutional response to the pandemic and the consequent reshaping of socio-ec...Read More

TAGS: Global