The protection of the rights of migrant workers in Tanzania

This study examines the protection of migrant workers in Tanzania, a country which, in terms of current migration discourse, plays a threefold role, since it is a sending country, a transit country, and a receiving country. The study examines the adequacy of the laws that protect the rights of workers who leave their countries to take up employment in Tanzania. The national regulatory framework on labour migration is evaluated by using international, regional and sub-regional legal instruments that provide the standards for the protection of migrant workers. Comparative best practices from various countries are also described in order to examine and identify the gaps in the current legal and institutional framework. The study examines four key areas, namely, the admission of migrant workers and their access to the labour market, conditions of employment, freedom of association, and social security rights. These areas are examined by means of a thorough contextual, legal and policy analysis and an empirically based validation from which various observations and conclusions are made.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Commercial Law

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Masabo, Juliana

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Kalula, Evance

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4665

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4665