equivalent to marriage, as well as their dependent children and other
dependent persons who are recognized as members of the family by
applicable legislation or applicable bilateral or multilateral agreements
between the States concerned.
Article 5
For the purposes of the present Convention, migrant workers and
members of their families:
(a) Are considered as documented or in a regular situation if they
are authorized to enter, to stay and to engage in a remunerated activity
in the State of employment pursuant to the law of that State and to international agreements to which that State is a party;
(b) Are considered as non-documented or in an irregular situation
if they do not comply with the conditions provided for in subparagraph
(a) of the present article.
Article 6
For the purposes of the present Convention:
(a) The term “State of origin” means the State of which the person concerned is a national;
(b) The term “State of employment” means a State where the
migrant worker is to be engaged, is engaged or has been engaged in a
remunerated activity, as the case may be;
(c) The term “State of transit” means any State through which
the person concerned passes on any journey to the State of employment
or from the State of employment to the State of origin or the State of
habitual residence.
PART II
NON-DISCRIMINATION WITH RESPECT TO RIGHTS
Article 7
States Parties undertake, in accordance with the international
instruments concerning human rights, to respect and to ensure to all
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