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OHCHR 
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) is the body of independent experts that works to protect the rights of the millions of migrant workers around the world.
Migrant workers and their families often experience marginalization, xenophobia, and poor living and working conditions.In serious cases, they suffer exploitation, expulsion, and risk to life.The Committee monitors how States are implementing the Convention and protecting the human rights of migrants.
Resources
States parties reporting
All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights of migrant workers are being protected.
Reporting guidelines
Calendar of country reviews & documentation deadlines
Country-specific information overview
View the database of progress reports by one or more of these criteria.
Calls for input
Contact information
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW)
Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais Wilson - 52, rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva (Switzerland)
Mailing address:
OHCHR-UNOG
8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneve 10, Switzerland
Email: ohchr-cmw@un.org
Twitter: @UNTreatyBodies
For individual complaints:
Petitions and Inquiries Section
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva
8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneve 10, Switzerland
Email: ohchr-petitions@un.org
Photo credit: EPA/Oliver Weiken
Activities
Declaration of the Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families on International Migrants Day
18 December 2023
Human rights of children in the context of migration: UN experts mark the fifth anniversary of their joint general comments
19 October 2022
Joint Guidance Note on Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for All Migrants (PDF)
March 2021
Joint Guidance Note on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the human rights of migrants
26 May 2020
Status of ratifications
There are 56 States parties to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
CMW ratification, including all declarations and reservations
General comments
General comment No. 5 (2021) on migrants’ rights to liberty and freedom from arbitrary detention
Joint General Comment No. 3 of the CMW and No. 22 of the CRC in the context of International Migration: General principles
Joint General Comment - No. 4 of the CMW and No. 23 of the CRC (2017) - on State obligations regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration in countries of origin, transit, destination and return