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72.
The Special Rapporteur encourages the international community, in particular the
specialized agencies of the United Nations, to work with the Indonesian authorities in
amending recruitment procedures and immigration laws to comply with internationally
accepted standards, and to assist in establishing complaint mechanisms and standard
contracts for migrants.
73.
As a matter of priority, the Government of Indonesia should review the content of
the May 2006 MOU with Malaysia and revise it with a view to enhancing the protection of
the rights of migrant workers.
74.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Indonesian authorities, prior to
enacting national legislation on migrants and when engaging in bilateral or other types of
agreements, engage in a transparent process with broad public discussion and debate,
including with civil society organizations.
75.
The Special Rapporteur encourages the Government of Indonesia to increase
awareness about the situation of migrants in general by developing mass public
information campaigns with a specific focus on educating both the domestic workers
themselves and the labour recruiters about domestic workers’ rights. The Government
should also spread awareness among potential migrants about their rights when dealing
with recruitment agents and create mechanisms to receive complaints.
76.
The Government of Indonesia should expand existing pre-departure training
programmes in order to empower prospective female migrant workers by educating them
about their rights under international law and the labour and penal laws of the countries of
destination.
77.
The Special Rapporteur requests the Government of Indonesia, in cooperation with
donors, to improve and expand the services provided to abused migrant workers at its
consulates abroad. This includes providing adequate staffing to follow up on individual
complaints and outreach to the Indonesian migrant worker population. Provision of legal
aid, translation services during legal proceedings, medical care and professional
psychological health care is also critical. The last is especially important considering the
trauma experienced by many abused workers.
78.
Finally, the Special Rapporteur recommends further pursuing the recently
established policy of tracking and making publicly available data on types of abuses, the
number of formal complaints, the time involved in resolving cases, and the final outcome.
This would facilitate the collection of detailed information on all abuse cases and
complaints made by migrant domestic workers as a way of strengthening the mechanism
whereby complaints can be received and investigated to ensure that data on employment
agencies found to use unethical or abusive practices are made available to the public.
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