International Law Policy on the Legal Protection of Migrant Workers
Journal Title: International Journal of Social Science And Human Research - Year 2025, Vol 8, Issue 01
Abstract
The scarcity of job opportunities in the nation has driven many inhabitants try to seek employement abroad as migrant workers or foreign laborers. Legal protection for foreign laborers has been regulated in the ICMW and several national laws. This aims to ensure entitlements of foreign laborers and their relatives. However, in reality, violations of foreign laborers rights still occur. The case the author intends to analyze involves violence against Indonesian foreign laborers that took place in 2022. The research employs the normative legal method, incorporating both statutory and case approaches. The sources of legal materials used include primary legal materials in the form of basic legislation that are Law No. 6 of 2012 and Law No. 18 of 2017, ICMW, ILO, etc that are relevant to the material. In addition, secondary legal materials from (international) law books, scientific journals, research results, news from the internet, as well as tertiary materials such as legal dictionaries also support. As for the research results show that the international law policy on the legal protection of migrant workers have been well implemented, as evidenced by the presence of ICMW and the implementation of international law policy on the legal protection of migrant workers: a case study of violence against Indonesian migrant workers in Turkey have been well implemented, as evidenced by the presence of both international and national instruments. International instruments are regulated in the ICMW and Indonesian national law is regulated in Law No. 6 of 2012 and Law No. 8 of 2017. And for the resolution of acts of violence for Indonesian migrant workers has also been regulated in such a way in the Law No. 8 of 2017.
Authors and Affiliations
Syafira Nur Rifa, Joko Setiyono
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- DOI 10.47191/ijsshr/v8-i1-37
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