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Children, Human Rights and Temporary Labour Migration: Protecting the Child-Parent Relationship
This book focuses on the neglected yet critical issue of how the global migration of millions of parents as low-waged migrant workers impacts the rights of their children under international human rights law. It will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers and policy-makers working in these areas.
| Author(s) | By Rasika Jayasuriya. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 304 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 9 Jan 2023 |
| Availability | Not yet available |
This book focuses on the neglected yet critical issue of how the global migration of millions of parents as low-waged migrant workers impacts the rights of their children under international human rights law. It will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers and policy-makers working in these areas.
Introduction 1. Understanding the landscape: TLM in context 2. Normative and conceptual framework 3. General legal principles 4. Article 27: Is TLM an appropriate form of assistance to parents to meet their children's development needs?
Rasika Ramburuth Jayasuriya has worked for two decades across government, multilateral and civil society organisations on policy issues related to migration and children's rights. She has a PhD from the University of Melbourne's Law School and was a docto
