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UN Committee on Migrant Workers to review Jamaica, Mexico and Niger

04 April 2025

GENEVA (4 April 2025) - The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) will hold its fortieth session from 7 April to 17 April, during which it will review Jamaica, Mexico and Niger.

The three countries are among the 60 States parties to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 14 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Convention.

The Committee, which has received respective country reports as well as submissions from national human rights institutions and non-governmental organisations, will discuss a range of issues in public dialogues with the three State delegations on the following dates at Geneva time:

Mexico
7 April 15:00 - 18:00
8 April 10:00 - 13:00

Niger 
8 April 15:00 - 18:00

9 April 10:00 - 13:00

Jamaica 
9 April 15:00 - 18:00

10 April 10:00 - 13:00

The Committee will also organise a public side event on 15 April from 15:00 to 17:00, for the launch of its General Comment No 6 (2024) on the convergent protection of the rights of migrant workers and members of their families through the Convention and the Global Compact for safe, orderly, and regular migration.

The above public dialogues will be held in the Ground Floor Conference Room, Palais Wilson, Geneva. All public meetings are open to the accredited press and live cast on UN Web TV. More information about the session, including reports submitted by the States and the full schedule of meetings, is available on the session page.

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UN Human Rights Office Media Section at [email protected]

Background
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families monitors States parties' adherence to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, which to date has 59 States parties. The Committee is made up of 14 members who are independent human rights experts drawn from around the world, who serve in their personal capacity and not as representatives of States parties.

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