Security of Immigrant Workers as a Criterion of Good Governance (with a focus on the Laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD student, International Law, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran.

2 Associate professor, Department of Law, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

3 Associate professor, Department of Law, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

10.22081/psq.2023.65346.2720

Abstract

The present research aims to study the security of immigrant workers as a criterion for good governance, with a specific focus on the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This research employs the descriptive-analytic method and suggests that governments can achieve this goal by joining conventions of the International Labour Organization, reforming inefficient and insufficient laws, formulating comprehensive immigration laws, establishing bilateral and multilateral agreements among immigrant-sending and immigrant-receiving countries, providing education to immigrant workers before their immigration, informing them of working conditions and advantages, and combating organizations involved in immigrant worker trafficking. By doing so, a balance can be achieved between a country's interests and the observation of its governance rights, while also protecting the acquired rights of legal workers and fundamental rights of illegal workers. This approach will help secure the civil, political, economic, and social rights of legal immigrant workers and their family members, similar to the native workers of the target country. Considering international regulations and conventions regarding refugees, immigrants, and foreign residents, as well as the laws governing foreign residents in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran is in a better condition compared to many West Asian countries. Not only has the Islamic Republic of Iran accepted and implemented numerous international criteria related to refugees, but it has also prioritized the issues of human dignity, security, and education for refugees who have not yet obtained residency cards.

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