Tag Archives: Philippines

#InternationalMigrantsDay in the times of Compacts: A #MigrantsDay compilation #IMD2017

Posted on December 18, 2017 by

Today is International Migrants Day, marking the 27th anniversary of the adoption of the “International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families” by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Since last year there … Continue reading →

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Update on the 6th World Social Forum on Migrations #WSFM in Johannesburg: Schedule available

Posted on July 31, 2014 by

More information has been released about the upcoming 6th World Social Forum on Migrations (#WSFM) that will take place from the 5th until the 8th December 2014 at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. The program will consist of Plenary … Continue reading →

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Close, but no #IAMR – counter- #GFMD2014 event will take place in Stockholm

Posted on May 9, 2014 by

I just found out yesterday, but there actually will be a counter-event to the GFMD after all: It is called “Discussion/Speak Out for Development Justice and Protest Manifestation vs. Migration for Development” and will take place in Stockholm 13-15 May 2014. … Continue reading →

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Out now: My book chapter “A Tale of Two Tactics: Civil Society and Competing Visions of Global Migration Governance from Below”

Posted on October 18, 2013 by

Today, the edited volume by Martin Geiger and Antoine Pecoud “Disciplining the Transnational Mobility of People” has been published. The contributions critically examine how “a core feature of contemporary migration politics lies in the claim to regulate and discipline the … Continue reading →

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ILODomestic Worker convention enters into force today in Uruguay and the Philippines

Posted on September 5, 2013 by

Today marks the day that the ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers Comes into force in the first two countries who have ratified “C189”: Uruguay and the Philippines. This is an important step on the road to a more … Continue reading →

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Today is International Domestic Workers’ Day – 10 ratifications for ILO convention so far

Posted on June 16, 2013 by

Today marks the second anniversary of the adoption of the  ILO Convention 189 on “decent work for domestic workers”and thus International Domestic Workers Days. After a slow start, the number of countries ratifying the convention is gradually increasing and I am happy … Continue reading →

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International Migrants’ Tribunal: Miss Saigon vs. the GFMD

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

“GUILTY as charged”: This was the – not completely surprising  – verdict spoken today in the “Internation Migrants’ Tribunal on the GFMD”. In a parallel event to the World Social Forum on Migration (WSFM), five “judges”, among them the renowned … Continue reading →

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