Cholewinski Ryszard

Ryszard Cholewinski is Migration Policy Specialist in the International Migration Programme of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Prior to joining ILO, he was Senior Migration Policy and Research Specialist in the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Geneva (2005-2010) and Reader in Law at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom (1992-2005). He has written widely on the human rights of migrants, international labour migration, and various aspects of European Union law and policy relating to migration. In particular, he is author of Migrant Workers in International Human Rights Law: Their Protection in Countries of Employment (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1997) and two publications for the Council of Europe: The Legal Status of Migrants Admitted for Employment (2004) and Irregular Migrants: Access to Minimum Social Rights (2005). While at IOM, he was Co-Editor-in-Chief of World Migration 2008: Managing Labour Mobility in the Evolving Global Economy; co-authored two editions of the Handbook on Establishing Effective Labour Migration Policies (2006, 2007), a joint publication of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), IOM and ILO; and co-edited International Migration Law: Developing Paradigms and Key Challenges (The Hague, Asser Press, 2007). He holds a doctoral degree (LL.D) from the University of Ottawa, a Master in Laws degree (LL.M.) from the University of Saskatchewan, and a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B) from the University of Leicester.