Position Papers

2022

15 July — What is Acceptable Accommodation? Download here.

2017

9 January — Wage Theft & Exploitation Among Singapore’s Migrant Workers. Download here.

2014

9 April — Position paper on the Prevention of Human Trafficking Bill. Download here.

Reports

2023

15 August — “I’ve called the police”: A study of criminal accusations made against Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore. Download here.

2022

22 June — Invisible Wounds: Emotional Abuse of Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore. Download here.

2021

24 June — Overcharging and Deceptive Practices in the Domestic Worker Recruitment Process. Download here.

18 January — COVID-19 Impact Report 2020. Download here.

2020

11 November — Neither Family Nor Employee: The Caregiver Burden of Migrant Workers in Singapore. Download here.

31 August — Coming Clean: A study on the well-being of Bangladeshi Conservancy Workers in Singapore. Download here.

2019

15 January — Behind Closed Doors: Forced Labour in the Domestic Work Sector in Singapore. Download here.

2018

July — Migrant Workers’ Access to Justice in Singapore’s Employment Claims Tribunal: Preliminary Findings of a Qualitative Study. Download here.

2015

6 October — Work, Life and Well-Being of Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore. Download here.

2013

8 October — The Invisible Help: Trafficking into Domestic Servitude in Singapore. Download here.

2011

8 September — The Exploitation of Migrant Chinese Construction Workers in Singapore. Download here.

2010

12 November — Justice Delayed, Justice Denied: The Experiences of Migrant Workers in Singapore. Download here.

8 November — Identifying Work-Related Stressors and Abuses and Understanding their Impact on the Health and Well-Being of Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore. Download here.

7 October — Made to Work: Employers’ Attitudes Towards Granting Regular Days Off to Migrant Domestic Workers. Download here.

Submissions

2023

October — Submission to United Nations Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination on the Right to Health. Download here.

2022

October — List of Issues and Parallel Report for the 85th United Nations Committee on the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Download here.

2021

October — Joint Submission with TWC2 for the Shadow Report for the United Nations Committee on the Convention on the Elimination on All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Singapore). Download here.

2020

12 October — Joint Submission with TWC2 for the Universal Periodic Review of Singapore in the Third Cycle (38th Session). Download here.

2019

August — Comments on the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019. Download here.

15 April — Additional Information for Singapore On Child Domestic Workers For the 81st Session of the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child (CRC) Committee. Download here.

February — Submission to the Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Trafficking of Women and Girls. Download Here.

2018

30 November — Comments on Proposed Reforms to the Civil Justice System and Related Amendments to the Rules of Court. Download here.

30 September — Submission to the Ministry of Home Affairs: Public Consultation on Proposed Amendments to the Penal Code. Download here.

14 August — United Nations Universal Periodic Review: Mid-Term Review, Singapore. Download here.

16 February — Submission to the Ministry of Manpower: Employment Act Review. Download here.

2017

6 October — Shadow Report for the United Nations Committee on the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Singapore). Download here.

30 August — Shadow Report for the United Nations’ Committee on the Protection of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (Indonesia) [English]. Download here.

9 August — Shadow Report for the United Nations’ Committee on the Protection of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (Indonesia) [Bahasa]. Download here.

9 March — Shadow Report for the United Nations’ Committee on the Protection of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (Bangladesh). Download here.

2016

January - Joint submission to the Human Rights Council for the 24th Session of the United Nations Periodic Review (Singapore). Download here.

9 October — Submission to the Ministry of Manpower on the Employment Claims Tribunal. Download here.

2015

9 November — Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council for the 23rd Session of the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) (Myanmar). Download here.

9 June — Shadow Report for the United Nations Committee on the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (China). Download here.

2014

9 January — Mid-Term Report: Follow-up on Recommendations of the United Nations Human Rights Council Under the Universal Periodic Review (Singapore). Download here.

2013

9 October — Submission to the Ministry of Manpower on Phase Two of the Review of the Employment Act and Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. Download here.

2012

9 June — Shadow Report for the United Nations Committee on the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Indonesia). Download here.

2011

9 June — Joint Submission with the Solidarity for Migrant Workers for the 11th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Download here.

9 March — Shadow Report for the United Nations Committee on the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Singapore). Download here.