MIGRASYL

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

[Jordan] HRW: Letter on Rights for Migrant Domestic Workers

We write to urge you to introduce amendments to the draft Regulation for Domestic Workers currently under consideration by your office. We have recognized Jordan's pioneering role in amending its labor law in July 2008 to include domestic workers, whose rights and duties were to be spelled out by a separate ministerial regulation, now under consideration.