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Guidelines to prevent abusive recruitment, exploitative employment and trafficking of migrant workers in the Baltic Sea region / Liliana Sorrentino, Anniina Jokinen.- Helsinki : HEUNI, 2014.- 101 p. ; 25 cm. - (Publication series. [Heuni Report Series] ; 78)
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ISBN 978-952-5333-92-3
GUIA DE INFORMAÇÃO, MIGRANTE, ESCRAVATURA, TRÁFICO DE PESSOAS, MAR BÁLTICO
Foreword. Introduction. Background. Objectives. Methodology: evidence-based policy making. Scope. Target group. Structure and summary of the document. Chapter 1. Key Principles and Standards. 1. A human rights-based approach. 2. States shall act with due diligence to respect, protect and fulfil human rights, and in particular States are responsible for preventing trafficking in human beings, investigating and prosecuting traffickers, and for assisting and protecting trafficked persons. 3. All workers shall be treated equally and without discrimination. 4. All migrant workers shall enjoy the protection of employment law. 5. Businesses, including Private Employment Agencies (PrEAs), shall be responsible for acting with due diligence in respecting human rights. 6. Cooperation and coordination among multiple stakeholders. Chapter 2. Guidelines for States to prevent abusive and exploitative recruitment and employment practices. 2.1 Regulate labour providers i.e. Private Employment Agencies. 2.2 Raise the costs of non-compliance: targeted sanctions. 2.3 Ensure corporate liability for trafficking offences. 2.4 Monitor and enforce standards of recruitment and employment in order to curb abuse and exploitation. 2.5. Request that businesses comply with their corporate responsibility to respect human rights. 2.6. Promote ethical public procurement measures in order to prevent exploitation and trafficking of migrant workers. 2.7 Promote transparency: Clear liability and accountability rules for recruiters and employers, including in supply chains. 2.8 Establish regulatory oversight over audit firms. Chapter 3. Guidelines for businesses: Due diligence in order to prevent abuse and exploitation in recruitment and employment of migrant workers. 3.1 Ensure acting with due diligence in order to prevent abuse and exploitation. 3.2 Develop business self-regulation on ethical standards for recruitment and employment of migrant workers. 3.3 Promote the self-regulation of business in order to prevent abuse and exploitation in the workplace and in the labour supply chain. Chapter 4. Guidelines for states, businesses, trade unions and civil society: Joining efforts to protect the rights of migrant workers. 4.1 Protect and promote the right to information. 4.2 Ensure just and favourable conditions of work, legally binding job offers and written employment contracts. 4.3 Establish a network of labour attachés in main destination countries. 4.4 Protect and promote the right to freedom of association and to collective bargaining of migrant workers. 4.5 Protect and promote the right to remedy. 4.6 Ensure right to non-punishment of trafficked workers for offences committed by them whilst being trafficked, or as a consequence of having been trafficked. 4.7 Other measures to protect migrant rights. Chapter 5. Multidisciplinary cooperation and coordination at the international level. 5.1 Establish or strengthen national coordination mechanisms promoting public-private partnership. 5.2 Develop or strengthen bilateral labour protection agreements for middle-low skilled migrant workers. 5.3 Strengthen trade union and NGOs cross-border cooperation. 5.4 Strengthen regional cross-border cooperation among employers’ associations, private employment agencies and businesses. 5.5 Establish multidisciplinary cooperation mechanisms between sending and receiving countries. 5.6 Establish cooperation mechanisms for the exchange of information and for notification of employers’ sanctions. Bibliography. Annex 1: List of experts consulted.