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UN Committee on Migrant Workers to review Türkiye, Senegal and Congo

31 May 2024

GENEVA (31 May 2024) - The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) will hold its latest session from 3 June to 14 June, during which it will review Türkiye, Senegal and Congo.

The three countries are among the 59 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:

Türkiye
3 June 15:00 - 18:00
4 June 10:00 - 13:00

Senegal
4 June 15:00 - 18:00

5 June 10:00 - 13:00

Congo
5 June 15:00 - 18:00

6 June 10:00 - 13:00

The above public dialogues will be held in the First Floor Conference Room, Palais Wilson, Geneva. All public meetings are open to the accredited press and livecast 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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Accredited media attending public meetings at Palais Wilson, please contact the Media Section for support:
Vivian Kwok at vivian.kwok@un.org 
UN Human Rights Office Media Section at ohchr-media@un.org

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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