Introduction
This essay aims to look at how international multilateral treaties shape the Singapore State discourse on protecting the rights for migrant workers, specifically Foreign Domestic Workers (FDW) from a perspective of maintaining state sovereignty in controlling migrant flows to a more humanitarian view of FDWs as a vulnerable group to exploitation and trafficking. I would conclude that recently, the international community succeeds in pressurising Singapore State to start making some efforts to ensure FDW righFramework
Finnermore (1996) argued that UN create norms and legitimised actors to engage in multilateralism for humanitarian intervention. I borrowed his framework of analysing how international community as a collective actor, Singapore State as the state actor, share different norms and values, have differing interests. Hence, they behave and impact FDW rights differently.
Significance of this essay to the concept of Global Governance
Koser argued that states often try to solve migration issues on a "unilateral approach" that is unproductive. International consensus on migrant workers rights are difficult to achieve as many states refuse to ratify conventions as the conventions "contradicts or adds no value to existing national migration laws." (Koser, 2010, pp. 301--315) Hollifield built upon Ruggie's argument (Ruggie, 2002 cited in Hollifield, 2000) that multilateralism will only work wh...
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Though immigration is not a new phenomenon in the world’s history, it has been notice that now days immigration has increased more than ever. This is mainly caused because of better ways of communication and transportation, which it makes it possible to people to move and enter other countries. However there are many types of immigrations such as economical, retirement immigrants or even ‘natural disasters’ immigrants. People sometimes seek a new life to save themselves from poverty and misery, thus they decide to enjoy the benefits of another country. Still there are other immigrants who are forced to leave their countries because of wars or even natural disasters, such as the tsunami in Japan 2011. Some philosophers consider closed borders to restrict people freedom of movement and that global justice is been violated. On the other hand Miller and other philosophers argued that immigration causes more disadvantages than advantages into the country they enter. Also they agree that states have a moral right to limit immigrations in order to prevent any changes in their culture, as immigration affects several things, even if this means that they will violate human rights. Another concern for the states is the welfare state where sometimes it may be limited and countries cannot afford any immigrants. However, is it right to oppose people rights of freedom, or is it correct for states to limit immigration?
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In comparison, many other countries have geared towards adopting policies that deal with human sex trafficking. The European Union’s tactic to trafficking begins from a gender and human rights perspective and focuses on prevention, prosecution of criminals and protection of victims. These ideals can be reflected in Directive on trafficking in human beings adopted on March 21, 2011. Much like U.S foreign policies dealing with human trafficking, the Directive focus is committing to the prevention of and fights against trafficking in human beings, and to the protection of the rights of trafficked persons. Within the Asian continent twenty-three out of the twenty-seven countries opt to adopt specific legislative provisions to fight human trafficking
Jones, L., Engstrom, D. W., Hilliard, T., & Diaz, M. (2007). Globalization and human trafficking. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 34(2), 107-122.
When I was a child, the world that I used to live in is full of happiness and pureness. There is nothing to worry about as long as those who surround me are happy. A great happiness for me is when you open your eyes in the morning and the first thing you see is your family smiling at you. Unfortunately, as I grow older and as my mind opened up to learn more about this world the more the world become cruller for me. There are some people treated inhumanly just because they are poor, or because they are from undeveloped countries. What is the fault that they commuted to be treated in a harsh way? Is it because they want a high standard of living, and rise their income to support their families? This is certainly true in the case of what is happing with the labours in Qatar. Jim Murphy a labour’s shadow international development secretary recorded that migrant workers being lured to the Gulf state by the promise of good salaries, only to have their passports taken away from them and they cannot return to their homes (2014). There is a similar case of what is happening in Qatar but it is much worse. Those from poor regions are easily tricked by black hands companies to be used in inhuman ways, be forced labors and work in prostitution to increase economy (Human Trafficking Thesis Statement Examples, 2011). This research paper will discuss one form of human right issue in the GCC Countries, which is human trafficking, what is it, who are the victims, why it is happening and what solutions the government have taken to minimize this problem.
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Taking place in the shadows of the global and regional economy, human trafficking is a serious offense that warrants more invasive legislation for nations to follow. This paper examines the existing convention addressing human trafficking while commenting on the auxiliary laws that should be made in the future to safeguard worldwide human rights. The overwhelming integration of human trafficking in modern society demonstrates a severe crisis in both regional and transnational societies; figures suggest the scale of human trafficking is in dire need of relief. The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime operates as the initial, legally binding solution to human trafficking, however is not practical in application. Alternative forms of legislation must be implemented as a supplementary feature to prevent the grave encroachment upon human rights. Essentially, human trafficking’s negative impacts on regional and transnational communities must be ratified through further laws in addition to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized
From the above it is quite evident that what the US Government has been doing through its application of immigration laws is the exclusion of specific races from its borders. Despite the reasons that may be given for these actions, it is clear that the author raises valid points regarding the disturbing similarity between immigration laws and institutionalized racism (Ngai, 78).
By the end one should be able to understand why child labor is in violation of human rights and should not be accepted and what is currently being done to put an end to it. Many people want to put an end to this plight, but they feel overwhelmed by the complications and the enormity of it that it becomes difficult to find a the right way to tackle it. There have been many implications that have succeeded in aiding this predicament and enabled progress to be ma...
...m as an emergency political problem and citizens should become aware of the negatives that have been an inhumane result of racial profiling and anti-immigration laws in recent years. It is also necessary for the nation to become informed and concerned on the positives of immigration reform. The necessary facets to begin with,which can be backed by sociological and statistical data, include the application of a pathway to citizenship for nearly 12 million undocumented immigrants, execute family reunification in various situations, and provide a safe haven for victims of international human trafficking. After all, is it not the nation’s utmost desire to be capable of building and providing The American Dream? If so, building a foundation of these ingredients is absolutely necessary in order to maintain great opportunity beyond any either country.
The question of why we are to have open borders has been constantly asked and is the consternation of many ‘flourishing’ countries that are seen to be the popular destinations for many seeking to escape the struggles of their own countries. The reason for migration includes political reasons, the need for work, and the need to fight poverty among numerous other reasons. The arguments for the duty to have open borders have come from various ideologies; most tend to focus on the ethical reason for an open border; that of recognizing a fundamental human right. There are two central at stake here constantly asked: (i) what can morally justify a state in restricting immigration, and (ii) what gives a state the right to control immigrants?
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In the international effort to prosecute human trafficking, several guidelines and definitions of human trafficking have been provided:
The UDHR was adopted in 1948, however in 1966 the division of these rights materialized under two documents; the International Covenant on Economic and Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The foundation of the separation of civil/political and economic and social rights can be s...