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Article
18 - Liberty of movement
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References
International
human rights conventions and other legal instruments
• ICESCR:
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• ICCPR: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• CERD: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• CEDAW: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
• CAT: Convention Against Torture
• CRC: Convention on the Rights of the Child
• ILO Convention 159: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
(Disabled Persons)
• ILO Recommendation 168: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
(Disabled Persons)
Article 18
Related to para. 1
ICCPR, Article 12(1): Everyone lawfully within the territory
of a State shall, within that territory, have the right to liberty of movement …
CERD, Article 5(d)(i): In compliance with the fundamental obligations laid
down in article 2 of this Convention, States Parties undertake to (…)
guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or
national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment
of the following rights:… (i) The right to freedom of movement and residence
within the border of the State;
CEDAW, Article 15(4): States Parties shall accord to men and women the same
rights with regard to the law relating to the movement of persons …
CMW, Article 39: Migrant workers and members of their families shall have the
right to liberty of movement in the territory of the State of employment …
Related to para. 1 (a)
ICCPR, Article 24(3): Every child has the right to acquire a nationality.
CERD, Article 5(d)(iii): In compliance with the fundamental obligations laid
down in article 2 of this Convention, States Parties undertake to (…)
guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or
national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment
of the following rights:… (iii) The right to nationality;
CEDAW, Article 9(1): States Parties shall grant women equal rights with men
to acquire, change or retain their nationality…
CMW, Article 29(1): Each child of a migrant worker shall have the right to
a name, to registration of birth and to a nationality.
Related to para. 1 (c)
ICCPR, Article 12(2): Everyone shall be free to leave any country, including
his own.
CERD, Article 5(d)(i): In compliance with the fundamental obligations laid
down in article 2 of this Convention, States Parties undertake to (…)
guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or
national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment
of the following rights:… (ii) The right to leave any country, including
one’s own, and to return to one's country;
CMW, Article 8(1): Migrant workers and members of their families shall be free
to leave any State, including their State of origin…