from Part III - The Protection of At-Risk Groups and Individuals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 September 2021
Migrants often face heightened threats to their lives and well-being resulting from their legal status of alien in the countries to which they migrate, as well as a consequence of hostility from the local population. This has implications for the duty to protect the right to life as well as the duty to respect the right to life. The Migrant Workers Convention has been ratified by only 55 States, the lowest of any of the instruments viewed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) as ‘core’ human rights treaties.
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