Committee on Migrant Workers

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The Committee on Migrant Workers is a United Nations expert body that monitors implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UN expert body
United Nations treaty body
human rights treaty body
abbreviation CMW
adopts concluding observations
general comments
alsoKnownAs Committee on Migrant Workers
surface form: UN Committee on Migrant Workers
cooperatesWith other UN human rights treaty bodies
special procedures of the Human Rights Council
countryOfHeadquarters Switzerland
elects Chairperson of the Committee on Migrant Workers
Rapporteur of the Committee on Migrant Workers
Vice-Chairpersons of the Committee on Migrant Workers
engagesWith States parties to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
civil society organizations
national human rights institutions
establishedBy International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
United Nations General Assembly
focusesOn rights of members of migrant workers' families
rights of migrant workers
fullName Committee on Migrant Workers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
hasMandate promote and protect the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families
hasNumberOfMembers 14
hasWorkingLanguages Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
holds regular sessions
locatedIn Geneva
Switzerland
membersAre independent experts
membersServeIn personal capacity
monitorsImplementationOf International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
parentOrganization Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
partOf United Nations
United Nations treaty bodies
surface form: United Nations human rights treaty body system
primaryFunction monitor implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
receives state party reports
reportsTo United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Human Rights Council
sessionLocation Geneva
shortName Committee on Migrant Workers self-link
subjectArea international human rights law
migration
treatyMonitored International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
website https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/cmw

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Committee on Migrant Workers alsoKnownAs Committee on Migrant Workers
this entity surface form: UN Committee on Migrant Workers
this entity surface form: Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
Committee on Migrant Workers fullName Committee on Migrant Workers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
United Nations treaty bodies includes Committee on Migrant Workers
United Nations human rights system monitoredBy Committee on Migrant Workers
Committee on Migrant Workers shortName Committee on Migrant Workers self-link