The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), in partnership with the Law and Society Trust (LST), Sri Lanka is pleased to launch the South Asia Judicial Barometer Report.

The South Asia Judicial Barometer 2020 is a research report that highlights the common thread that intertwines the embroidery of South Asian migration experiences and ties the fates of migrant workers, especially their commodification. While it is understanding of the push-pull factors driving migrant workers, it highlights the triangulated challenges that the legal system poses to the very people it is expected to protect. There is a lack of laws to protect rights of migrant workers, labyrinths of laws that confuse and bewilder the workers, and also failures to implement existing laws. The report highlights the particular vulnerability of women migrant workers, access to justice, role of judiciary in South Asia in protecting the rights of migrant workers, the need to re-orient national perspectives and responses, and prioritize migrant workers’ interests both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.