Using detention to talk about the elephant in the room: the Global Compact for Migration and the significance of its neglect of the UN Migrant Workers Convention
| Autor: | Mariette Grange, Izabella Majcher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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050502 law
Human rights media_common.quotation_subject Migrant workers 05 social sciences 0506 political science Neglect Convention Migration studies International human rights law State (polity) Political economy Political science 050602 political science & public administration Law 0505 law media_common Immigration detention |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Law in Context. 16:287-303 |
| ISSN: | 1744-5531 1744-5523 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1744552320000324 |
| Popis: | The paper discusses the (unsteady) evolution of multilateral processes on migration since the 1980s, with a focus on immigration detention as a growing response to migratory movements. It identifies distinct periods leading up to the Global Compact for Migration (GCM). The paper exposes double standards in the treatment of migration at the UN and beyond, connected with states’ view of migration as a toxic topic. While the GCM put the issue of migration back on the global agenda, the paper argues against the claim that the GCM is the first-ever inter-governmentally negotiated agreement covering all dimensions of international migration. This description better fits the 1990 Migrant Workers Convention. Furthermore, the paper illustrates how the GCM poses a threat to human rights protection in the area of migration: given its focus on co-operation and a state-led non-binding approach, it may overshadow existing international norms and widely endorsed standards monitored by UN bodies. |
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