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

Thirty-fifth session

19–30 September 2022

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-fifth 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 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-fifth session of the Committee will be held at Palais des Nations from 19 to 30 September 2022. The first meeting of the session will be convened on Monday, 19 September, at 10 a.m.

The Committee will consider its programme of work as well as other issues relevant to its business, including the dates of its future sessions. The programme of work will be available on the web page of the Committee.

4.Submission of reports by States parties

As at 1 July 2022, the initial reports of the following States parties were due but had not been received by the Committee for consideration:

State party	Initial date due	Deadline of submission of replies to lists of issues prior to reporting
Benin	1 November 2019
Congo a	1 July 2018	1 March 2022
Fiji	1 December 2020
Gambia	1 January 2020
Guinea-Bissau	1 February 2020
Sao Tome and Principe b	1 May 2018	1 March 2020
Togo	1 April 2022

a Owing to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the list of issues prior to reporting was adopted by the Committee during the intersessional period, on 18 November 2020.

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

The second periodic reports of the following States parties were due but had not yet been received as at 1 July 2022:

State party	Initial date due	Deadline of submission of replies to lists of issues prior to reporting
Bangladesh	1 May 2022
Egypt a	1 July 2009	1 May 2018
Ghana	5 September 2019
Guinea	9 September 2020
Honduras	1 October 2021
Kyrgyzstan b	24 April 2020	30 December 2022
Lesotho	1 May 2021
Mauritania	1 May 2021
Morocco c	13 September 2018	1 October 2022
Nicaragua	1 October 2021
Niger	1 October 2021
Peru b	24 April 2020	28 April 2023
Seychelles d	9 September 2020
Timor-Leste	9 September 2020
Türkiye e	1 May 2021
Uganda	24 April 2020

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

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

c Owing to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the list of issues prior to reporting was adopted by the Committee during the intersessional period, on 11 February 2021.

d The list of issues prior to reporting will be adopted by the Committee at a future session.

e The list of issues prior to reporting will be adopted by the Committee at its thirty-fifth session.

The third periodic reports of the following States parties were due but had not yet been received as at 1 July 2022:

State party	Initial date due	Deadline of submission of replies to lists of issues prior to reporting
El Salvador a	1 May 2019	1 October 2022
Mali	1 May 2019
Philippines b	1 May 2019	1 October 2022
Sri Lanka	1 October 2021

a Owing to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the list of issues prior to reporting was adopted by the Committee during the intersessional period on 10 February 2021.

b Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the list of issues prior to reporting was adopted by the Committee during the intersessional period, on 11 February 2021.

The fourth periodic report of the following State party was due but had not yet been received as at 1 July 2022:

State party	Date due
Senegal a	1 May 2021

a The list of issues prior to reporting will be adopted by the Committee at its thirty-fifth session.

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

State party	Due date of initial report	Due date of combined initial and periodic reports	Deadline of submission of replies to lists of issues prior to reporting
Belize a	1 July 2004	5 September 2016	1 November 2020
Jamaica b	1 January 2010	1 May 2019	1 March 2022
Nigeria b	1 November 2010	1 May 2018	1 October 2021
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 was adopted by the Committee at its thirty-first session.

b The State party was 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. Owing to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the list of issues prior to reporting for Jamaica was adopted by the Committee during the intersessional period on 5 February 2021, and the list of issues prior to reporting for Nigeria on 1 February 2021.

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-fifth session, the Committee will consider the initial report of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the combined second and third periodic reports of the Syrian Arab Republic and the third periodic report of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. It will adopt concluding observations on those reports.

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 its provisional programme of work.

At its fourteenth session, the Committee established a simplified reporting procedure, which 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 under article 73 (1) of the Convention. In order to support an increased use of the simplified reporting procedure by States parties, the Committee decided, at its thirty-fifth session, to move from an opt-in to an opt-out procedure, so that the simplified reporting procedure under rule 33 (2) of its rules of procedure becomes the default procedure and the traditional reporting procedure the exception. The Committee will therefore adopt a list of issues prior to reporting for any State party to the Convention that has not explicitly opted for the traditional reporting procedure after having been duly informed of this decision by the Committee. At its thirty-fifth session, the Committee will adopt lists of issues prior to reporting in respect of Senegal and Türkiye.

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, and resolutions 73/162, and 75/174, on the human rights treaty body system; and resolution 76/160, on the promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies.

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. During the session, the Committee will hold a public day of general discussion with a view to the development of its general comment No. 6 on the convergence of the Convention and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. It will also hold a public joint event with the Committee on the Rights of the Child to mark the fifth anniversary of joint general comments No. 3 and No. 4 of the Committee on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families/No. 22 and No. 23 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2017).