Migrant rights initiative

We created a rigorous empirical account of laws protecting the human rights of all migrants and the cross-national implementation that helps them flourish.

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Migrant rights initiative

We created a rigorous empirical account of laws protecting the human rights of all migrants and the cross-national implementation that helps them flourish.

Now you can explore it.
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Migrant Rights Database

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Policy makers and activists are pursuing a global standard for migration governance and the protection of migrant rights. However, there remains a paucity of data about the baseline of inter...

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Handbook for Applying the International Migrants Bill of Rights

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The purpose of this Handbook is to help migrants, advocates, governments, and academics protect and promote the universal rights and norms that apply to all migrants, regardless of their mig...

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International Migrants Bill of Rights

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The International Migrants Bill of Rights contains 23 articles outlining the rights of migrants. It draws upon existing sources of human rights law, refugee law, and labor law, and also sugg...

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The Migrant Rights Initiative conducts cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research on the human rights of migrants and then fosters opportunities for innovative action that reshapes the way governments treat people who cross international borders. Our Migrant Rights Database (MRD) evaluates how countries protect and implement 17 categories of rights according to 65 standardized indicators, based on the Initiative’s International Migrants Bill of Rights (IMBR).

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