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Domestic Slavery: Servitude, Au Pairs and Mail-Order Brides. Report

Document number
1780
Date
2004
Title
Domestic Slavery: Servitude, Au Pairs and Mail-Order Brides. Report
Author/publisher
Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe
Availability
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Document type(s)
Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
Keywords
Doc. 10144, Rapporteur: Mr Giuseppe Gaburro, Italy, Group of the European People’s Party,
Summary
The Committee of Ministers should elaborate a charter of rights for domestic workersand issue guidelines to member states which would ensure that the distinctive statusof au pairs (neither students nor workers) is recognised and safeguarded, theirworking conditions and social cover are fixed and that the au pair industry isappropriately regulated on the national and international level.
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