Annotation:
This report discusses the abuse and human rights violations experienced by migrant domestic workers, focusing specifically on the situation of live-in women workers. The report begins by briefly outlining recent activities carried out by the Special Rapporteur, and focuses its analysis on the situation of migrant domestic workers. It describes structural factors that increase the vulnerability of migrant domestic workers, and highlights the need for watchdog mechanisms and adequate monitoring by governments, recruiting agencies and consulates. The Special Rapporteur emphasizes throughout her report that domestic work is crucial to the development process of many countries and a lawful form of employment that deserves legal protection. She ends with a series of concluding observations and recommendations to governments of origin and destination countries. [Descriptors: Migration - Labour Migration, International]