Legal Protection of Health Rights for Indonesian Migrant Workers Abroad

Abstract

The right to work and the right at work are part of the human rights. The fulfillment of these rights for the citizens who work gives an important sense to reach a good living standard. Health rights of Indonesian migrant workers are regulated in the Constitution No.18, 2017 on the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers. This legal protection for Indonesian migrant workers includes rather wide aspects, such as the protection of safety, health, the maintenance of work ethics, also rightful treatments according to the human dignity and the religious morals. Legal protection of health for the migrant workers are part of the efforts to maintain and to increase their physical and mental health, as well as letting them reach social welfare. The host country of the Indonesian migrant workers must give insurance of health rights. The five favorite destination countries of Indonesian migrant workers are Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hongkong, and Saudi Arabia. Those five countries have regulations in giving health rights insurances for Indonesian migrant workers.