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Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
Summarizing its “jurisprudence”, the Committee on Migrant Workers provides authoritative interpretation of substantive articles of the Convention and makes recommendations to States parties to better fulfil their obligations under the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families on any issue affecting migrant workers and members of their families to which it believes the State parties should devote more attention.
General comments may also aim at providing guidance to other stakeholders on implementing initiatives to promote and protect the human rights of migrant workers and their families and to monitor compliance thereof.
As of March 2025, the Committee has adopted 6 general comments. The final general comments are available here, with supporting documents below.
| General comment | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| General comment No. 6 | 15 Nov 2024 | 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 |
| General comment No. 5 | 23 Sep 2021 | Migrants’ rights to liberty, freedom from arbitrary detention and their connection with other human rights |
| General comment No. 4 | 16 Nov 2017 | Joint general comment No. 4 (2017) of the CMW and No. 23 (2017) of the CRC on State obligations regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration in countries of origin, transit, destination and return |
| General comment No. 3 | 16 Nov 2017 | Joint general comment No. 3 (2017) of the CMW and No. 22 (2017) of the CRC on the general principles regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration |
| General comment No. 2 | 28 Aug 2013 | The rights of migrant workers in an irregular situation and members of their families |
| General comment No. 1 | 23 Feb 2011 | Migrant domestic workers |
Related general comments
During the examination of reports from States parties, members of treaty-monitoring bodies regularly raise concerns about issues related to migrant workers that fall within the framework of their specific treaty. The treaty bodies have raised the issue of migrant workers also in their general comments on thematic issues:
- General comment No. 15 of the Human Rights Committee (“The position of aliens under the Covenant”), adopted in April 1986, in which the Committee makes clear that there shall be no discrimination between aliens and citizens in the application of the human rights contained in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- General recommendation No. 30 of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (“Discrimination against non-citizens”), adopted in August 2004, in which it makes specific recommendations to States parties in order to eliminate discrimination against non-citizens.