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3. Such adequate information shall be provided upon request to migrant workers and members of their
families, free of charge, and, as far as possible, in a language they are able to understand.
Article 34
Nothing in the present part of the Convention shall have the effect of relieving migrant workers and
the members of their families from either the obligation to comply with the laws and regulations of any
State of transit and the State of employment or the obligation to respect the cultural identity of the
inhabitants of such States.
Article 35
Nothing in the present part of the Convention shall be interpreted as implying the regularization of the
situation of migrant workers or members of their families who are non-documented or in an irregular
situation or any right to such regularization of their situation, nor shall it prejudice the measures
intended to ensure sound and equitable-conditions for international migration as provided in part VI of
the present Convention.
Part IV: Other Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families who are
Documented or ina Regular Situation
Article 36
Migrant workers and members of their families who are documented or in a regular situation in the
State of employment shall enjoy the rights set forth in the present part of the Convention in addition
to those set forth in part III.
Article 37
Before their departure, or at the latest at the time of their admission to the State of employment,
migrant workers and members of their families shall have the right to be fully informed by the State of
origin or the State of employment, as appropriate, of all conditions applicable to their admission and
particularly those concerning their stay and the remunerated activities in which they may engage as
well as of the requirements they must satisfy in the State of employment and the authority to which
they must address themselves for any modification of those conditions.
Article 38
1. States of employment shall make every effort to authorize migrant workers and members of the
families to be temporarily absent without effect upon their authorization to stay or to work, as the case
may be. In doing so, States of employment shall take into account the special needs and obligations of
migrant workers and members of their families, in particular in their States of origin.
2. Migrant workers and members of their families shall have the right to be fully informed of the terms
on which such temporary absences are authorized.
Article 39
1. Migrant workers and members of their families shall have the right to liberty of movement in the
territory of the State of employment and freedom to choose their residence there.
2. The rights mentioned in paragraph 1 of the present article shall not be subject to any restrictions
except those that are provided by law, are necessary to protect national security, public order (ordre
public), public health or morals, or the rights and freedoms of others and are consistent with the other
rights recognized in the present Convention.
Article 40