E-ISSN : 2723-2476 ISSN : 2723-1968 ACLJ, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2020 Muhamamd Iqbal, Fifik Wiryani pp. 85-93 Implication of Principle in the International Convention on the Protection of the Right of Migrant Worker and Their Families | 85 Muhammad Iqbal 1* Fifik Wiryani 2 1*2 Magister of Law, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia, m.iqbal.umm@umm.ac.id (corresponding). Abstract The imbalance between the number of labor force and the number of jobs makes employment opportunities abroad one of solution to reduce unemployment. Indonesia has established regulations relating to the placement of Indonesian Migrant Workers through Law Number 18 of 2017 concerning Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers. Meanwhile, long before the formation of this law, an international agreement was made regarding the protection of migrant workers and their families through the International Convention on The Protection of The Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families which was initiated on 18 December 1990 in New York, United States. This paper using normative legal research by conceptual and statute approach. In this research, an assessment of Law no. 18 of 2017 concerning the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers against compliance with the principles contained in the International Convention on The Protection of The Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families was carried out. From the research, it is found that the Convention has been able to influence the legal norms in Law no. 18 of 2017 with the strengthening of human values through the principles and the existence of Indonesian Migrant Workers rights which do not only regulate Indonesian Migrant Workers themselves but also related to their family rights. Keywords: Indonesian Migrant Worker; Convention; Protection I. INTRODUCTION 1 Work is a fundamental right for people. The State of Indonesia has recognized it and confirmed it through Article 27 paragraph 2 of the 1945 Constitution which is "Every citizen is entitled to a decent job and livelihood for humanity". From the phrase of the article, there are two fundamental things for citizens: 1) Right 1 to obtain employment; 2) Working in accordance with humanitarian eligibility standards. These two things are of course the responsibility of the state to make every effort to make this happen (Pradana, Casman, & Nur’aini, 2020). The same is about people's right to work abroad. With the wider reach of individuals as well as inter-human associations that increasingly make formal boundaries abstract then the state needs to be fully involved in performing the function of protection for citizens. In the current . IMPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES