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The report is a sobering litany of horrific abuses, including against domestic workers, and the faltering efforts of many governments to stop these crimes.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/24/eu-summit-misses-opportunity-migration">EU: Summit Misses Opportunity on Migration </a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 24, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>The European Council summit that concluded on June 24, 2011, made no significant progress in addressing serious deficiencies in EU asylum and migration policies.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/22/malaysia-lawsuit-against-rights-defender-impedes-public-debate">Malaysia: Lawsuit Against Rights Defender Impedes Public Debate</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 22, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>A defamation lawsuit against a human rights defender who blogged against violations of migrant worker rights threatens to chill debate on matters of public interest in Malaysia.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/16/ilo-new-landmark-treaty-protect-domestic-workers">ILO: New Landmark Treaty to Protect Domestic Workers</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 16, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>The adoption by the International Labor Organization (ILO) on June 16, 2011, of a new, groundbreaking treaty to extend key labor protections to domestic workers will protect millions of people who have been without guarantees of their basic rights. Governments, trade unions, and employers' organizations that make up the ILO overwhelmingly voted to adopt the ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers, which establishes the first global standards for the estimated 50 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide, the vast majority of whom are women and girls.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/13/letter-unhcr-regarding-refugeeasylum-seeker-exchange-agreement-between-australia-and">Letter to UNHCR regarding the Refugee/Asylum Seeker Exchange Agreement between Australia and Malaysia</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 13, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>We are writing to express our concerns regarding the position of UNHCR on the pending refugee/asylum seeker agreement between Australia and Malaysia and to call on UNHCR not to endorse the agreement, regardless of undertakings the two parties might make in the final version.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/13/letter-prime-minister-najib-razak-regarding-refugeeasylum-seeker-exchange-agreement-">Letter to Prime Minister Najib Razak regarding the Refugee/Asylum Seeker Exchange Agreement with Australia</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 13, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>We are writing to express our grave concerns about the planned agreement under which Malaysia will send 4,000 recognized refugees to Australia for resettlement in exchange for 800 asylum seekers forcibly transferred from Australia to Malaysia.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/07/nepal-address-culture-impunity">Nepal: Address Culture of Impunity</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 7, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>Human Rights Watch welcomes the UPR report on Nepal, which includes important recommendations concerning Nepal's commitments to adopt a comprehensive and inclusive constitution, to ensure justice for victims through the adoption of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a Commission of Inquiry on Disappearances as stipulated in the 2006 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, and to ensure that perpetrators of human rights violations, both past and present, are brought to justice in proceedings which meet international standards of fairness.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/04/uae-cultural-island-monitor-positive-move">UAE: Cultural Island Monitor a Positive Move </a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 4, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>An Abu Dhabi development company's appointment of an independent monitor for conditions for workers building the Saadiyat Island cultural project is a positive step. The Abu Dhabi Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), an international auditing firm, on May 31, 2011, to monitor working conditions on the island. <strong></strong></p> <p></p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/05/31/indonesiamalaysia-new-pact-shortchanges-domestic-workers">Indonesia/Malaysia: New Pact Shortchanges Domestic Workers</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">May 31, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>A revised agreement between Malaysia and Indonesia provides some benefits for migrant domestic workers but fails to provide some needed safeguards linked to low wages and high recruitment fees, Human Rights Watch said today. A series of high-profile abuse cases led Indonesia in June 2009 to ban new recruitment of Indonesian domestic workers for jobs in Malaysia until new protections were put in place.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"><div class="field-item"><div class="tic-node-type-icon tic-node-type-icon-video"></div></div></div> </div></li><li class="last"><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/05/26/australia-end-threat-tawdry-refugee-trade">Australia: End Threat of Tawdry Refugee Trade</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">May 26, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>Australia risks reneging on its international legal obligations if it forcibly transfers 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Human Rights Watch urged Australia not to proceed with the deal, in which Australia would in turn accept 4,000 refugees, because of Malaysia’s poor record of refugee protection.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li></ul></div></div><div class="view-footer view-footer-taxonomy-filter"><div class="more"><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/news-all/675">More documents on this topic</a>»</div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div id="footer"><div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/home" title="Home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/our-work" title="Our Work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/news" title="News">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/publications" title="Publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/about" title="About Us">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706014108/http://www.kintera.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.4542089/">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-tic-tic_copy_24478" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="node clear-block ltr ntype-copy"> <div class="content clear-block filter-text"> Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/iff">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first"><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/africa">Africa</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/americas">Americas</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/asia">Asia</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110706014108/http://www.hrw.org/en/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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