Summary
The Forum acknowledged the complementarity and mutual reinforcement of ASEAN frameworks (notably the ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ASEAN Consensus), ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children (ACTIP), and ASEAN Guidelines for Corporate Social Responsibility on Labour) and global agendas of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in promoting responsible business conduct for safe labour migration in the region. The Forum emphasized the importance of ensuring syncronisation of actions taken at local and national levels with ASEAN Member States’ commitments, both legally and non-legally binding, at regional and international levels.