Committee on the Protection of the Rights of AllMigrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Twenty-sixth session

3-13 April 2017

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.

8.Adoption of the annual report to the General Assembly.

Annotations

1.Opening of the session

The representative of the Secretary-General will open the twenty-sixth session of the Committee.

2.Adoption of the agenda

In accordance with rule 5 of the Committee’s provisional 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 provisional 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 12. 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 twenty-sixth session of the Committee will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva (Palais Wilson) from 3 to 13 April 2017. The first meeting of the session will be convened on Monday, 3 April, 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 at 30 January 2017, the following initial reports were due but had not been received by the Committee for consideration:

State party	Date due
Guyana a	1 November 2011
Indonesia a	1 September 2013
Libya	1 October 2005
Madagascar b	1 September 2016
Mozambique b	1 December 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines a	1 February 2012

a The lists of issues prior to reporting were adopted at the twenty-fourth session of the Committee.

b The lists of issues prior to reporting are scheduled to be adopted at the twenty-sixth session of the Committee.

As part of its simplified reporting procedure, the Committee adopted lists of issues prior to reporting in respect of the overdue initial reports of the following States parties, which will be considered at the twenty-sixth session:

State party	Date due	Date received	Symbol
Jamaica a	1 January 2010	Pending	CMW/C/JAM/1
Nigeria a	1 November 2010	Pending	CMW/C/NGA/1

a The lists of issues prior to reporting were adopted at the twenty-third session of the Committee.

The Committee received the second periodic report of Albania on 19 December 2016. The following second periodic reports were due but had not yet been received as at 30 January 2017:

State party	Date due
Argentina	1 October 2016
Chile	1 October 2016
Egypt a	1 July 2009
Guatemala	1 October 2016
Syrian Arab Republic	1 October 2011

a The list of issues prior to reporting is scheduled to be adopted at the twenty-sixth session of the Committee.

The following third periodic reports were due but had not been received as at 30 January 2017:

State party	Date due
Belize a	5 September 2016
Cabo Verde b	9 September 2016
Ecuador c	1 July 2015
Mexico c	1 April 2016

a The State party was considered in the absence of a report at the twenty-first session. At the same session, Belize was requested to submit its combined initial, second and third periodic reports.

b The State party was considered in the absence of a report at the twenty-third session. At the same session, Cabo Verde was requested to submit its combined initial, second and third periodic reports.

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

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

At its twenty-sixth session, the Committee will consider the initial reports of Bangladesh (CMW/C/BGD/1), Jamaica (CMW/C/JAM/1) and Nigeria (CMW/C/NGA/1).

The Committee will adopt concluding observations on the reports of the above-mentioned States parties. It will also adopt a list of issues on the second periodic report of Algeria, as well as lists of issues prior to reporting in respect of Egypt, Madagascar and Mozambique.

The Committee, at its fourteenth session, held in April 2011, established a simplified reporting procedure (see A/66/48, 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 31 bis of the provisional rules of procedure (see A/67/48, para. 26).

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.

8.Adoption of the annual report to the General Assembly

In accordance with article 74 (7) of the Convention, the Committee shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the Convention. The report to be submitted to the Assembly at its seventy-second session will cover the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth sessions of the Committee.

Annex

Provisional programme of work

Date and time	Agenda item	Programme and documentation
Monday, 3 April 2017
342nd meeting 10-11 a.m.	1	Opening of the session (public)
	2 and 3	Adoption of the agenda and consideration of the programme of work (public)
	7	Activities to promote the Convention (public)
11 a.m.-noon		Informal meeting with non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions (public)
Noon-1 p.m.		Informal meeting with United Nations bodies and specialized agencies (closed)
343rd meeting 3-6 p.m.	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: initial report of Bangladesh (CMW/C/BGD/1) (public)
Tuesday, 4 April
344th meeting 10 a.m.-1 p.m.	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: initial report of Bangladesh (continued) (public)
345th meeting 3-6 p.m.	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: initial report of Jamaica (CMW/C/JAM/1) (public)
Wednesday, 5 April
346th meeting 10 a.m.-1 p.m.	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: initial report of Jamaica (continued) (public)
347th meeting 3-6 p.m.	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: initial report of Nigeria (CMW/C/NGA/1) (public)
Thursday, 6 April
348th meeting 10 a.m.-1 p.m.	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: initial report of Nigeria (continued) (public)
349th meeting 3-6 p.m.	4-8	Working Group of the Whole (closed)
Friday, 7 April
350th meeting 10 a.m.-1 p.m.	4-8	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed)
351st meeting 3-6 p.m.	4-8	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed)
Monday, 10 April
352nd meeting 10 a.m.-1 p.m.	4-8	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed)
353rd meeting 3-6 p.m.	4-8	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed)
Tuesday, 11 April
354th meeting 10 a.m.-1 p.m.	4-8	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed)
355th meeting 3-6 p.m.	4-8	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed)
Wednesday, 12 April
356th meeting 10 a.m.-1 p.m.	4-8	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed)
357th meeting 3-6 p.m.	4-8	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed)
Thursday, 13 April
358th meeting 10 a.m.-1 p.m.	4-8	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed)
359th meeting 3-6 p.m.	4-8	Working Group of the Whole (continued) (closed) and closing of the session (public)