Human rights, state sovereignty and the protection of undocumented migrants under the international migrant workers convention

TY - JOUR

T1 - Human rights, state sovereignty and the protection of undocumented migrants under the international migrant workers convention

AU - Bosniak, L. S.

PY - 1991

Y1 - 1991

N2 - The international convention seeks to accomodate competing concerns by providing human rights protections to undocumented migrants which are substantial but less extensive than those provided to documented migrants, and through ensuring states' continuing authority in the spheres of immigration control and national "membership policy'. The article concludes that, despite the unmistakable normative value of many of the convention's protective provisions, its ability to substantially ameliorate the human rights situation of irregular migrants is significantly constrained by its over-riding commitment to the norms and structures of sovereign statehood. -from Author

AB - The international convention seeks to accomodate competing concerns by providing human rights protections to undocumented migrants which are substantial but less extensive than those provided to documented migrants, and through ensuring states' continuing authority in the spheres of immigration control and national "membership policy'. The article concludes that, despite the unmistakable normative value of many of the convention's protective provisions, its ability to substantially ameliorate the human rights situation of irregular migrants is significantly constrained by its over-riding commitment to the norms and structures of sovereign statehood. -from Author

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U2 - https://doi.org/10.2307/2546843

DO - https://doi.org/10.2307/2546843

M3 - Article

SN - 0197-9183

VL - 25

SP - 737

EP - 770

JO - International Migration Review

JF - International Migration Review

IS - 4

ER -