A/70/310 • Invest into whole-system improvement in the labour inspections in countries of destination workers. Labour inspectors must interact with migrant workers, and, where necessary, be accompanied by interpreters in languages understood by migrant workers • Train labour inspectors in human rights and labour standards, and in indicators of exploitation. Develop clear and effective accountability mechanisms that can be used by labour inspectors to follow up on such human rights and labour law violations • Conduct systematic checks to ensure that recruiters and employers do not confiscate the passports and other identity or travel documents of migrant workers • Ensure that labour inspection is extended to all sectors that employ migrant workers, including domestic work in private houses • Explore e-government solutions to ensure an early and effective registration of migrant worker contracts and the prevention of contract substitution in the country of destination • Ensure that actions following the detection of unethical recruitment practices never economically or criminally penalize migrants • Destination countries should invest in opening satellite offices of labour ministries and in working with local authorities in countries of origin, in order to support the implementation of an ethical recruitment system. These offices could conduct joint information campaigns, register and monitor the labour contracts of migrant workers and provide joint oversight of the recruitment chain • Develop a regulatory environment that supports the unionization of all workers, including migrant workers, and the vital role that trade unions can play in the protection of the human rights and labour rights of migrant workers Regional and international cooperation • Develop bilateral agreements on labour migration between countries of destination and origin, which are based on international standards and prioritize the full implementation of the human rights and labour rights of migrants and fully incorporate the voices of both migrants and civil society • Continue dialogue through the regional consultative processes, ensuring that it is guided by the long-term, holistic thinking that is needed to achieve the whole-scale transition to an ethical recruitment system • Ensure systematic sharing of intelligence within regional networks about recruitment agencies that exploit migrant workers. Create effective feedback loops from this regional information-sharing into licensing and monitoring systems at the national level • Collaborate regionally on models of monitoring and oversight that tackle the specific challenges and practices experienced by migrant workers in countries of origin and destination within regional groupings 15-13569 21/26