Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Thirty-first session

2–11 September 2019

Item 2 of the provisional agenda

Adoption of the agenda

Annotated provisional agenda

Provisional agenda

1.Opening of the session.

2.Adoption of the agenda.

3.Organizational matters.

4.Submission of reports by States parties.

5.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention.

6.Methods of work of the Committee.

7.Promotion of the Convention.

Annotations

1.Opening of the session

The representative of the Secretary-General will open the thirty-first session of the Committee.

2.Adoption of the agenda

In accordance with rule 5 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the present annotated provisional agenda has been prepared by the Secretary-General in consultation with the Chair of the Committee.

In accordance with rule 6 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the adoption of the agenda shall be the first item on the provisional agenda of any session, except where the election of officers is required pursuant to rule 13. In accordance with rule 7, the Committee may revise the agenda during a session and may, as appropriate, defer or delete items.

3.Organizational matters

The thirty-first session of the Committee will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva (Palais Wilson) from 2 to 11 September 2019. The first meeting of the session will be convened on Monday, 2 September, at 10 a.m.

The Committee will consider its programme of work (see annex), as well as other issues relevant to its business, including the dates for its future sessions.

4.Submission of reports by States parties

As part of its simplified reporting procedure and in accordance with rule 31 bis of its provisional rules of procedure (A/67/48 and Corr.1, para. 26), the Committee adopted a list of issues prior to reporting in respect of the following State party, the report of which will be considered at the thirty-first session:

State party	Date due	Date received	Symbol
Argentina a	1 October 2016	Pending	-

a The list of issues prior to reporting was adopted by the Committee at its twenty-eighth session.

As at 1 June 2019, the initial reports of the following States parties were due but had not been received by the Committee for consideration:

State party	Date due
Congo	1 July 2018
Sao Tome and Principe a	1 May 2018
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) b	1 February 2018

a The list of issues prior to reporting was adopted by the Committee at its thirtieth session.

b The list of issues prior to reporting was adopted by the Committee at its twenty-ninth session.

The Committee received the second period report of Chile on 15 May 2019. The second periodic reports of the following States parties were due but had not yet been received as at 1 June 2019:

State party	Date due
Burkina Faso a	13 September 2018
Egypt b	1 July 2009
Morocco	13 September 2018
Paraguay c	1 May 2017
Rwanda c	1 October 2017
Syrian Arab Republic	1 October 2011
Uruguay	1 May 2019

a The list of issues prior to reporting is scheduled to be adopted by the Committee at its thirty-first session.

b The list of issues prior to reporting was adopted by the Committee at its twenty-sixth session. Egypt has notified the Committee of its intention to submit its second periodic report in 2019.

c The lists of issues prior to reporting were adopted by the Committee at its twenty-eighth session.

The third periodic reports of the following States parties were due but had not yet been received as at 1 June 2019:

State party	Date due
Azerbaijan a	1 May 2018
El Salvador	1 May 2019
Mali	1 May 2019
Philippines	1 May 2019

a The list of issues prior to reporting was adopted by the Committee at its twenty-ninth session.

The following States parties were reviewed in the absence of a report and were requested to submit their combined initial and periodic reports:

State party	Due date of initial report	Due date of combined initial and periodic reports
Belize a	1 July 2004	5 September 2016
Jamaica b	1 January 2010	1 May 2019
Nigeria b	1 November 2010	1 May 2018
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines c	1 February 2012	1 May 2019

a The State party was reviewed by the Committee in the absence of a report at its twenty-first session. At the same session, Belize was requested to submit its combined initial to third periodic reports. A list of issues prior to reporting is scheduled to be adopted by the Committee at its thirty-first session.

b The States parties were reviewed by the Committee in the absence of a report at its twenty-sixth session. At the same session, Jamaica and Nigeria were requested to submit their combined initial and second periodic reports.

c The State party was reviewed by the Committee in the absence of a report at its twenty- eighth session. At the same session, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was requested to submit its combined initial and second periodic reports.

5.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention

At its thirty-first session, the Committee will consider the second periodic report of Argentina and the third periodic reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CMW/C/BIH/3) and of Colombia (CMW/C/COL/3).

The Committee will adopt concluding observations on the reports of the above-mentioned States parties. It will also adopt lists of issues prior to reporting in respect of Belize and Burkina Faso.

The Committee, at its fourteenth session, held in April 2011, established a simplified reporting procedure (see A/66/48 and Corr.1, para. 26) that consists in the preparation and adoption of a list of issues to be transmitted to the State party concerned prior to the submission of its report. The replies of the State party to the list of issues constitute its report as required under article 73 (1) of the Convention. A list of issues may also be transmitted to a State party in cases where the Committee decides to examine the implementation of the Convention in the absence of a report, in accordance with rule 34 of the rules of procedure.

The Secretary-General has informed the States parties concerned of the dates on which their reports are scheduled for consideration by the Committee, in accordance with the provisional programme of work.

6.Methods of work of the Committee

The Committee will discuss its methods of work, the harmonization of treaty body working methods and other issues arising from General Assembly resolution 68/268 on strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system.

7.Promotion of the Convention

The Committee will discuss its involvement in and support for various events and initiatives to continue promoting the Convention, including meetings with stakeholders, days of general discussion and the preparation of general comments.

Annex

Provisional programme of work

Date and time	Agenda item	Programme
Monday, 2 September 2019
430th meeting10–10.30 a.m.	1	Opening of the session (public)
	2–3	Adoption of the agenda and consideration of the programme of work (public)
	7	Activities to promote the Convention (public)
10.30–11.30 a.m.		Informal meeting with non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions (public)
11.30 a.m.–1 p.m.		Informal meeting with United Nations bodies and specialized agencies (closed)
431st meeting3–6 p.m.	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: second periodic report of Argentina (public)
Tuesday, 3 September
432nd meeting10 a.m.–1 p.m.	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: second periodic report of Argentina (continued) (public)
433rd meeting3–6 p.m.	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: third periodic report of Bosnia and Herzegovina (public)
Wednesday, 4 September
434th meeting10 a.m.–1 p.m.	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: third periodic report of Bosnia and Herzegovina (continued) (public)
435th meeting3–6 p.m.	7	Meeting with States (public)
Thursday, 5 September		Public holiday (Jeûne genevois)
Friday, 6 September
436th meeting10 a.m.–1 p.m.	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: third periodic report of Colombia (public)
437th meeting3–6 p.m.	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: third periodic report of Colombia (continued) (public)
Monday, 9 September
438th meeting10 a.m.–1 p.m.	3–7	Working Group of the Whole (closed)
439th meeting3–6 p.m.	3–7	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed)
Tuesday, 10 September
440th meeting10 a.m.–1 p.m.	3–7	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed)
441st meeting3–6 p.m.	3–7	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed)
Wednesday, 11 September
442nd meeting10 a.m.–1 p.m.	3–7	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed)
443rd meeting3–6 p.m.	3–7	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed) and closing of the session (public)