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Only about 300 of the 1,000 estimated licensed recruitment agents in Sri Lanka are members of ALFEA, owing to a clause in the 2009 amendment to the Act which changed the mandatory requirement for all licensed recruitment agents to join the Association. The draft Employment Migration Authority Act provides that all licensed agents must become members of a new association which will replace ALFEA, the National Chamber of Licensed Foreign Employment Agencies. The Chamber will inter alia ensure the strict observance by its members of the Code of Ethical Conduct for Licensed Foreign Employment Agencies. 40. Brokers, or sub-agents, who are not licensed or accountable to the Sri Lankan authorities often engage in irregular recruitment practices.

According to the act, licensed agencies are required to send migrant workers leaving for foreign employment through the national airport in Kathmandu. 29. (...) The government of Nepal has licensed more than 1,000 private recruitment agencies, which operate at the central level, with only 47 branch offices located in the districts and around 700 licensed local sub-agents operating at the district level, which is insufficient to meet demand at the local level.9 32. (...) A/HRC/38/41/Add.1 8 GE.18-06847 different licensed and informal agents throughout the recruitment process, leading to repeated payment of high fees for unclear purposes. 33.

The consultation brought together 22 participants from the judicial service, academics, civil society, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the OHCHR Regional Office to discuss current challenges to the independent action of the judiciary, such as procedures for the selection, appointment or election of magistrates and judges in the region. (...) The Special Rapporteur’s initiative was well received by the participants, who termed it necessary and appropriate, since comparative regional studies on the subject are rare. 4. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Governments concerned for their extensive cooperation, the experts for the information provided and the OHCHR Regional Office for its assistance. (...) The judges are appointed through a complex process in which the Chief Justice of the Court is appointed and removed by a three-quarters vote of the Member States of the Court on the recommendation of the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission. The other judges are elected by a majority vote in the Regional Commission. 16.

Its influence and role have remained limited to preserving the interests of the companies and it has not adopted a code of conduct for the industry and does not monitor the conduct of its members. 8 Third-country nationals are recruited from a variety of countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa. 9 The Working Group was informed during its regional consultation with the Asia Group on 26–27 October 2009 that the Government of Afghanistan had recently extended the number of licensed companies to 52, with 27 national and 25 international PMSCs. 10 Schmeidl, Susanne, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – The Privatized Security Sector in Afghanistan, p. 6 (Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces - DCAF). 11 www.pscai.org/index.html. 12 In April 2009, the country manager of the United Kingdom company ControlRisks. (...) During the Working Group’s meeting with the MoI, officials stated that the Government believed that the 39 companies licensed fulfilled the security demands of the country at the present stage and did not believe other companies would be licensed in the immediate future.32 In addition, a cap of a maximum of 500 personnel for companies was imposed. 48. The Working Group was informed that companies that were not licensed through this process had to cease their activities accordingly or would otherwise be considered to be illegal armed groups.

It requires its members to be licensed or in the process of obtaining a license from the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior, or the Ministry of Interior of the Kurdistan Regional Government, or both. (...) It should be noted here that PMSCs operating in the Kurdistan Region must be registered with the Ministry of Interior of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). (...) They also recall that only PMSCs licensed with the Ministry of Interior are allowed to operate in Iraq. 40.

Constitutional framework ...................................................... 7 - 11 6 B. Multilateral and regional agreements .................................... 12 - 15 6 C. (...) B. Multilateral and regional agreements 12. International agreements become part of domestic legislation when the Turkish Parliament passes a law of ratification. (...) At present, one hazardous waste incineration plant located in Izmit is licensed by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to operate in Turkey, with a capacity to incinerate 35,000 tons per year.

By “illegal recruitment” RA 8042 not only means illegal recruitment of non-licensed entities, but also the malpractice of licensed agencies. (...) LAD forwards the case to the Operation and Surveillance Division (ODS) which checks if the agency is licensed. If it isn’t, ODS ensures that it stops operating. (...) A criminal action arising from illegal recruitment must be filed with the Regional Trial Court of the province or city of residence of the offended party, or where the act was committed.

Legislative framework (a) International and regional framework 26. Kuwait is a party to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and other international human rights instruments, including the Slavery Convention of 1926, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (...) Employment agencies are subject to increased regulation that stipulates their obligations vis-à-vis the Government, employers and workers. All licensed recruitment agencies are prohibited from charging workers any amount for their recruitment or employment, either directly or indirectly.19 While they are registered and licensed by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, their work is monitored by the Public Authority for Manpower.

Frey is also grateful for funding support from the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade for the summary and analysis of State responses to the questionnaire. 2 Graduate Institute of International Studies, Small Arms Survey 2004: Rights at Risk (New York, Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 175. The highest regional concentration of firearm homicides is in Latin America and the Caribbean, with 40 per cent of the estimated cases, and Africa, with 20 per cent. (...) North America experiences the highest regional firearm suicide rate. Idem, pp. 175-77. 3 See B.G.

S 13/8 AM Iran (NAM) States Parties should work together to mobilize resources to address needs for assistance 
and cooperation, in particular from developed to developing States Parties, and from 
international and regional organizations and other relevant stakeholders. (...) Coordination of cooperation with other relevant international and regional organizations, and other relevant stakeholders Delegation Text Source Russian Federation Cooperation and assistance under Article X of the BWC have their specifics when compared to such related international organizations as the WHO or FAO. (...) S 13/8 AM Iran (NAM) Relevant international and regional organizations such as WHO and OIE play an important role in disease surveillance, prevention, detection and response and there is merit in coordination of cooperation with them in accordance with their respective mandates.