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

Thirty- third session

27 September–8 October 2021

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-third 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-third session of the Committee will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 27 September to 8 October 2021, with meetings being held at Palais Wilson from 27 September to 1 October and at Palais des Nations from 4 to 8 October. The first meeting of the session will be convened on Monday, 27 September, at 10 a.m. at Palais Wilson.

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

4.Submission of reports by States parties

As at 1 August 2021, the initial reports of the following States parties were due but had not been received by the Committee for consideration:

State party	Initial d ate 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

a Owing to the coronavirus disease ( COVID-19 ) pandemic, the list of issues prior to reporting w as 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 t hirtieth session.

The second periodic reports of the following States parties were due but had not yet been received as at 1 August 2021:

State party	Initial d ate due	Deadline of submission of replies to lists of issues prior to reporting
Burkina Faso a	13 September 2018	1 May 2020
Egypt b	1 July 2009	1 May 2018
Ghana	5 September 2019
Guinea	9 September 2020
Kyrgyzstan c	24 April 2020
Lesotho	1 May 2021
Mauritania	1 May 2021
Morocco d	13 September 2018	1 October 2022
Peru c	24 April 2020
Seychelles c	9 September 2020
Timor-Leste	9 September 2020
Turkey c	1 May 2021
Uganda	24 April 2020

a The list of issues prior to reporting was 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.

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

d Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, t he list of issues prior to reporting w as adopted by the Committee during the intersessional period on 11 February 2021 .

The third periodic reports of the following States parties were due but had not yet been received as at 1 August 2021:

State party	Initial d ate 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 a	1 May 2019	1 October 2022

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

The fourth periodic report of the following State party was due but had not yet been received as at 1 August 2021:

State party	Date due
Senegal a	1 May 2021

a The list of issues prior to reporting will be adopted by the Committee at a future 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	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 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. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the l ist 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-third session, the Committee will consider the second periodic report of Rwanda (CMW/C/RWA/2) and the third periodic report of Azerbaijan (CMW/C/AZE/3).

The Committee will adopt concluding observations on the reports of the above-mentioned States parties.

The Secretary-General will, in due course, inform 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.

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.