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• Share good practices and intelligence on recruitment agencies between the
different regional consultative networks. Consider seeking technical
assistance from the International Labour Organization and the Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to support the
wholesale transition to an ethical recruitment system, in line with core
international human rights and labour standards
Access to justice
• Remove barriers to access to justice, ensuring that migrants can
effectively — and not simply on paper — access a legal remedy for
violations of their rights in the context of recruitment practices and
labour migration
• Access to justice should primarily be through judicial and quasi-judicial
means and should not be reliant only on voluntary or private forms of
remedy, which often do not provide adequate compensation to migrants or
effectively punish rights violators
• Strengthen the capacity of the independent judiciary to provide access to
justice for migrant workers who have been exploited by recruiters and
punish perpetrators in such a way that creates real and lasting
disincentives for the mistreatment of migrants
• Consider the development of specialist tribunals to ensure access to justice
for migrant workers. Such specialist provisions would allow for the
individual needs of migrants to be met, and for the development of a
systemic view of rights violations related to labour migration and
recruiters
• Involve other actors that are important for ensuring an effective access to
justice for all migrant workers, such as: labour inspectors, social workers,
national human rights institutions, ombudspersons, unions, among others
• Make easily available all the services necessary for ensuring effective
access to justice for all migrant workers, such as legal aid, interpretation
and translation services, information about rights and available remedies,
as well as humanitarian visas to return to destination countries to testify
and otherwise pursue justice. Bilateral agreements between countries of
origin and destination should address the provision of such services
• Support unionization and a realization of the rights to free of association
and assembly, as a way to empower migrants and allow them to access
justice
• Develop effective and accessible mechanisms for migrants to recover
improper recruitment fees from employers and recruiters
Empowering migrants through information and support
• Make the ratings of recruitment agencies, including information about
blacklisted agencies, available to all migrant workers. Disseminate this
information in accessible formats (such as Internet and mobile phonebased services), ensuring translation to all relevant languages
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