Conventions on the Rights of Migrant Workers and of Women

HL Deb 18 July 1996 vol 574 c70WA

Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (1990), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979) and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993) are in force in the United Kingdom; and, if not, when they expect that these conventions will be ratified.

Baroness Blatch

The Government have no plans to ratify the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. They ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on 7th April 1986. Declarations have no binding legal effect and are not open to ratification by stages.