migrant workers and members of their families within their territory or
subject to their jurisdiction the rights provided for in the present
Convention without distinction of any kind such as sex, race, colour, language, religion or conviction, political or other opinion, national, ethnic
or social origin, nationality, age, economic position, property, marital status, birth or other status.
PART III
HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL MIGRANT WORKERS
AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES
Article 8
1. Migrant workers and members of their families shall be free to leave
any State, including their State of origin. This right shall not be subject to
any restrictions except those that are provided by law, are necessary to
protect national security, public order (ordre public), public health or
morals or the rights and freedoms of others and are consistent with the
other rights recognized in the present part of the Convention.
2. Migrant workers and members of their families shall have the right at
any time to enter and remain in their State of origin.
Article 9
The right to life of migrant workers and members of their families
shall be protected by law.
Article 10
No migrant worker or member of his or her family shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 11
1. No migrant worker or member of his or her family shall be held in
slavery or servitude.
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