Nowadays, the issue of migrant domestic workers is critical in international law, especially in the Arab countries of Iraq and the Persian Gulf, which have a significant percentage of them. Migrant domestic workers, especially if they are women, are considered the most vulnerable group of workers. This group, even non-immigrants, has received less attention and study from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to the contemporary era. Recently, this deficiency has been reviewed to some extent, following the strategy of international labor law in recognizing their rights. This study has comparatively studied the situation of the two countries of Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The main question of the article: To what extent are the rights of migrant workers respected in these countries and what challenges exist in this regard? This study seeks to identify the shortcomings facing the rights of this group and solutions to improve them. Library studies have been used in this research. The most important achievements of this research can be considered the need to review legal approaches towards this group, especially at the international level and by joining conventions and documents that address this issue, as well as their efficient implementation, along with creating deep and fundamental reforms in the foundations and cultural attitudes of society towards this group. Following recent developments, Iraq's approach towards the rights of domestic migrant workers has improved significantly compared to Saudi Arabia.
Keywords: domestic migrant workers, female domestic migrant workers, international labor law, Iraqi and Saudi
Alattar, M. and Abadi, S. R. (2025). Examining the status of domestic migrant workers in international law with a look at the situation in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Legal Research Quarterly, (), -. doi: 10.48308/jlr.2025.238251.2833
MLA
Alattar, M. , and Abadi, S. R. . "Examining the status of domestic migrant workers in international law with a look at the situation in Iraq and Saudi Arabia", Legal Research Quarterly, , , 2025, -. doi: 10.48308/jlr.2025.238251.2833
HARVARD
Alattar, M., Abadi, S. R. (2025). 'Examining the status of domestic migrant workers in international law with a look at the situation in Iraq and Saudi Arabia', Legal Research Quarterly, (), pp. -. doi: 10.48308/jlr.2025.238251.2833
CHICAGO
M. Alattar and S. R. Abadi, "Examining the status of domestic migrant workers in international law with a look at the situation in Iraq and Saudi Arabia," Legal Research Quarterly, (2025): -, doi: 10.48308/jlr.2025.238251.2833
VANCOUVER
Alattar, M., Abadi, S. R. Examining the status of domestic migrant workers in international law with a look at the situation in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Legal Research Quarterly, 2025; (): -. doi: 10.48308/jlr.2025.238251.2833
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