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Artículo de periódico

Advancing the Rights of Non-Citizens in Canada: A Human Rights Approach to Migrant Rights

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Fecha

2010-05-01

Autores

Tanya Basok y Emily Carasco

Resumen

Focusing on seasonal agricultural migrant workers in Canada, this article
illustrates how local migrant rights activists have utilized different judicial
fora to claim rights for non-citizen migrant workers under the international
human rights framework. The article underscores the role of litigation
by activists who, citing international norms and conventions, claim that
protections provided by domestic constitutional provisions and labor laws
should be extended to non-citizen migrants. The importance of judges’
willingness to recognize the international law framework is also underscored.
This article contributes to human rights studies by emphasizing
the transformative role of judicial agency in the fight for the extension of
human rights protections.

Journal title

Human Rights Quarterly

Volumen

32

Número

2

Page numbers

342-366

Editor

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Archivos adjuntos

Conexiones

Los sectores económicos

Agriculture and horticulture workers, Occupations in services - Domestic work, Sales and service occupations - general, Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations - general, Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations - general, Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing, Dancers, y Otro

Tipos de contenido

Análisis de políticas

Los grupos destinatarios

Los investigadores, Los sindicatos, y ONG / grupos comunitarios / redes de solidaridad

Relevancia geográfica

Canada, Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Colombia Británica, Otras provincias, Federal, Nueva Escocia, y National relevance

Esferas de la actividad

Derecho, Ciencias Políticas, y Socioligie

Idiomas

Inglés