Migration, Domestic Workers and Human Rights Conference – 19 October, Cork

Venue: Aula Maxima, the Quad, University College Cork

Date: 2.30pm – 6.30pm, Friday, 19 October, 2012

An international conference on migrant domestic workers will be hosted on 19 October 2012, by the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights and the Irish Human Rights Commission. The conference will mark European Anti-Trafficking Day. Recent years have witnessed significant developments in international human rights standards relating to migrant domestic workers, including the adoption of the landmark 2011 ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers, the CEDAW General Recommendation on Women Migrant Workers and a General Comment by the UN Committee on Migrant Workers. The conference will examine the continuing tensions between immigration laws and policies, limited access to employment rights protections and evolving human rights standards on the rights of migrant domestic workers.

The conference forms part of an Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences senior fellowship project, led by Professor Siobhán Mullally, examining human rights norms relating to migrant domestic workers and EU migration law regimes. Click here for further details on the project.

Speakers will include:

• Kathleen Lynch TD - Minister of State for Disability, Equality, Mental Health and Older People
• Maria Grazia Giammarinaro - Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, OSCE
• Dr Jean D'Cunha - UN Women, Gender, Employment and Migration Adviser
• Professor Janie Chuang - American University, Washington DC & Open Society Justice Fellow
• Dr Bridget Anderson - COMPASS, Oxford University
• Professor Siobhan Mullally - Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University College Cork
• Dr Cliodhna Murphy - Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University College Cork
• Ludovica Banfi - Social Research Programme Manager, Freedoms and Justice Department, EU Fundamental Rights Agency
• Noel Waters - Director General, Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (tbc)
• Siobhan O’Donoghue - Director, Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
• Marriam Bhatti - Domestic Workers Action Group

Conference Convenor: Siobhán Mullally, Professor of Law. Email:  s.mullally@ucc.ie

Conference Administrator: Noreen Delea, Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights University College Cork. Email: ccjhr@ucc.ie; Telephone: 021 490 2728

Conference places are limited, please reserve your place in advance.

Conference Fee: €40 /Students €15 -  to be paid at the event, cash or cheque only

4 CPD points are available for this event