UN Human Rights Treaties

A/C.3/38/WG.1/CRP.3 6 June 1983 ORIGINALS ENGLISH Thirty-eighth session THIRD COMMITTEE Working Group 1 Agenda item 12 REPORT OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL Draft International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families Proposal by India for inclusion of the following articles into Part V V.3A Each contracting Party shall inspect or provide for inspection of the conditions of work of migrant workers in the same manner as for national workers, with a view to ensuring that working conditions are in keeping with standards of safety and health and principles of human dignity. Such inspection shall be carried out by the competent bodies or institutions of the State of employment and by any other authority so authorized by other respective State authorities. V.3B Each contracting Party shall ensure that the competent national authorities, acting within their competence, carry out inspections to ensure that standards of fitness of accommodation and other living conditions are kept up for migrant workers as for its own nationals. In appropriate cases, such inspections shall be carried out in collaboration with the respective consular authorities. V.3C Each contracting Party shall within the framework of its laws, bilateral or multilateral agreement, provide all help and assistance necessary for the transport to the State of origin of the bodies of the deceased migrant workers as a result of an accident from their employment or other economic activity. V.3D The States Parties would take appropriate steps in according recognition to educational and vocational qualifications acquired in States other than the State of employment. Arrangements for such recognition may be provided for, wherever necessary, in bilateral and/or multilateral agreements on equivalence of diplomas, degrees and other vocational qualifications. 83-14624 0626q (E)