Bagi sebagian besar TKI , Malaysia merupakan negara tujuan utama dikarenakankedekatan kondisi geografis, sejarah dan budaya antara Indonesia dan Malaysia.Tingginya permintaan atas pekerja rumah tangga (Pekerja sektor domestik) diMalaysia menjadikan tenaga kerja yang berketrampilan dan berpendidikan rendahdi Indonesia bermigrasi ke Malaysia . Namun sayangnya TKI sektor domestik diMalaysia rentan terhadap eksploitasi dan pelanggaran hak asasi manusia, hal inidapat dilihat dari banyaknya kasus dan permasalahan yang menimpa para TKIsektor domestik di Malaysia, Tesis ini membahas sejauhmana ketentuaninternasional, ketentuan nasional Indonesia dan Malaysia serta ketentuan dalamperjanjian bilateral kedua negara tersebut dalam melindungi TKI sektor domestikdi Malaysia.

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Abstract
Malaysia is the main destination for most of Indonesian domestic workers, due toa close connection of geographical proximity, historical and cultural betweenIndonesia and Malaysia. The high demand for domestic workers in Malaysiamakes low skilled and low educated workers in Indonesia migrate to Malaysia.Unfortunately, domestic workers in Malaysia are vulnerable to exploitation andviolations of human rights, which can be observed from number of cases andissues that affect the domestic workers in Malaysia. This research discusses howinternational law, the national law of Indonesia and Malaysia and also the bilateralagreement between the two countries governs the protection of Indonesiandomestic sector workers in Malaysia