Are there International Labour Standards? Case of Migrant Workers’ Exploitation in Italy

Authors

  • Yordan Gunawan Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
  • Muhammad Arya Ansar International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
  • Muhammad Fathi International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
  • Stephanie Devty International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
  • Dwilani Irrynta International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30872/mulrev.v7i2.905

Keywords:

Human Rights, International Labour Organization, Migrant Workers, Protection of Migrants

Abstract

The increasingly fierce competition in the world of work has an impact on people getting jobs. The condition makes most people become migrants by traveling to other countries to find a job for a decent life in the future. However, the work that migrant workers get is often not as expected, so the rights of migrants are often not fulfilled. The amount of violence in the world of work and the non-fulfillment of the rights of migrant workers in Italy is an act that violates human rights. Therefore, the authors wrote this article by using normative legal research method to analyze migrant workers in Italy who are exploited by forced labor and the lack of protection regarding the minimum wage for migrant workers and also aims to analyze the role of the International Labour Organization as an organization that protects the rights of migrant workers, including protection from violence and protection of the minimum wage for migrant workers in Italy. The result shows that there is an urgency for Italy to ratify the Minimum Wage Convention on the grounds that it diminishes the exploitation of migrant workers and provides binding legal force for the sake of migrant workers.

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Author Biographies

Yordan Gunawan, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

Yordan Gunawan is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law. He received Bachelor’s degree from the Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and continued his study at the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Republic of China. Yordan also finished his study at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland where he got a certificate in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.

He is currently a PhD Researcher at the Department of International Law and International Relations, Faculty of Law, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.

His research fields are Public International Law, International Disputes Settlement, Law of International Organization, and International Environmental Law.

Yordan is also serves as a Chairman of the Association of International Offices of Muhammadiyah Higher Education Institution (ASKUI PTMA) where he leads more than 90 International Offices in Indonesia, following his previous two terms position as a Director of International Relations Office in the University. Yordan can be reached at yordangunawan@umy.ac.id

Muhammad Arya Ansar, International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Muhammad Arya Ansar is a student of the International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. Arya participated the student exchange program to Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws International Islamic University Malaysia in 2022. He can be reached at muhammad.arya.law21@mail.umy.ac.id.

Muhammad Fathi, International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Muhammad Fathi is a student of the International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. He can be contacted through muhammad.fathi.law21@mail.umy.ac.id.

Stephanie Devty, International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Stephanie Devty is a student of the International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. She can be contacted through s.devty.law21@mail.umy.ac.id.

Dwilani Irrynta, International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Dwilani Irrynta is a student of the International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. Lani participated the student exchange program to Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws International Islamic University Malaysia in 2019 and Faculty of Law  and Administration, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland in 2020 to 2021. She can be contacted through dwilani.i.law18@mail.umy.ac.id.

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30-12-2022

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Gunawan, Yordan, Muhammad Arya Ansar, Muhammad Fathi, Stephanie Devty, and Dwilani Irrynta. 2022. “Are There International Labour Standards? Case of Migrant Workers’ Exploitation in Italy”. Mulawarman Law Review 7 (2). Samarinda, ID.:146-57. https://doi.org/10.30872/mulrev.v7i2.905.

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