Access to justice for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon / Alix Nasri, Wissam Tannous.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nasri, Alix, author.

Tannous, Wissam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migrant labor--Legal status, laws, etc.

Migrant labor.

Household employees--Legal status, laws, etc--Lebanon.

Household employees.

Women household employees--Abuse of--Lebanon.

Women household employees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (101 p.)

Place of Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : International Labour Organization, 2014.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright page; PREFACE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACRONYMS; TABLES AND FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; RÉSUMÉ; Chapter 1: OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY; 1.1 Objectives; 1.2 Legal framework of the study; 1.2.1 Forced labour and tra cking in persons; 1.2.2 Access to justice for migrant workers, domestic workers in particular; 1.3 Research methodology; 1.3.1 Characteristics of the sample; 1.3.2 Primary sources; Chapter 2: BACKGROUND; 2.1. Overview of domestic workers' migration to Lebanon, Ethiopian; 2.2 Lebanese administrative and legal frameworks

2.2.1 Role of the Ministry of Labour and the General Directorate of2.2.2 Characteristics of the Lebanese judicial system; Chapter 3: KEY FINDINGS; 3.1 Weakness of the judicial system in terms of guaranteeing access tojustice for migrant domestic workers victim o; 3.1.1 The Lebanese body of law guaranteeing access to justice for foreign; 3.1.2 Legal remedies/Complaint mechanisms; 3.1.3 Dichotomy of "quality" arising from the kafala system; 3.2 Procedural and institutional obstacles; 3.2.1 Di culty of establishing proof; 3.2.2 Marginalization due to the low-skilled status of the foreigner

3.2.3 Lack of knowledge of the law and the available legal remedies3.2.4 Lack of trust in the judicial system; Chapter 4: THE WAYS FORWARD; 4.1 Improving the legislation; 4.1.1 Migrant domestic worker shall benefit from the same judicialprotection enjoyed by workers in other economic; 4.1.2 Reforming the management systems of migration of MDWs to; 4.1.3 Amending and implementing Law No.164 criminalizing tra cking; 4.1.4 Developing the body of laws on the control of private employment; 4.2 Strengthening the capacities of key players

4.2.1 Consolidating the training of the judicial sta on the body of laws4.2.2 Reinforcing the measures of direct assistance and long-term support; 4.2.3 Consolidating assistance by the Consulate of Ethiopia and other; 4.2.4 Documenting and implementing mechanisms of control of; 4.3 Developing Prevention mechanisms; 4.3.1 Creating mechanisms of information on available legal remedies; 4.3.2 Adopting a standard contract in line with international law; 4.3.3 Guaranteeing the right to unions and organize collectively; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Body of Lebanese Laws; ILO Conventions and Recommendations

Other international conventionsCase Law; Documents of the International Labour O ce/ International Labour; Articles, books and reports

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 8, 2016).

ISBN:

92-2-228868-8