A/HRC/4/24/Add.3 page 2 Summary At the invitation of the Government of Indonesia, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants visited the country from 12 to 21 December 2006. The main objective of the mission was to examine all aspects of the migration process from Indonesia, giving particular attention to the situation of female domestic workers, concern for whose plight was expressed to the Special Rapporteur by all parties. While in Indonesia, the Special Rapporteur also had the opportunity to visit a detention centre for undocumented migrants entering Indonesia illegally and to interview some of the detainees. Some of the most poignant testimonies were offered by female migrant domestic workers who had returned to Indonesia by escaping through the jungle or who had been deported from the country in which they were employed. The experiences of these women during the migration process were horrific; many recounted egregious physical and psychological abuses suffered during their employment abroad. Through this report, the Special Rapporteur wishes to highlight the precarious situation of Indonesian female migrant domestic workers and to encourage Indonesia to uphold its international and internal commitments to protect migrants in general, both those living inside and outside the country (i.e. internal and international migrants). The Special Rapporteur hopes that the Government of Indonesia will pay particular attention to amending the Memorandum of Understanding signed with Malaysia in May 2006 in order to improve the regulation and monitoring of the recruitment process, and that it will also ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.