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

Thirty- second session

6–16 April 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.

8.Adoption of the annual report.

Annotations

1.Opening of the session

The representative of the Secretary-General will open the thirty-second 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-second session of the Committee, initially scheduled to be held from 30 March to 9 April 2020 in Geneva, was postponed owing to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The thirty-second session of the Committee will be held online from 6 to 16 April 2021. The first meeting of the session will be convened on Tuesday, 6 April, at 4 p.m..

The Committee will consider its programme of work (see web page of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families), as well as other issues relevant to its business, including the dates of its future sessions.

4.Submission of reports by States parties

As part of its simplified reporting procedure and in accordance with rule 33, paragraph 2 of its rules of procedure (CMW/C/2), the Committee adopted a list of issues prior to reporting in respect of the following States parties:

State party	Initial d ate due	D eadline of submission of list of issues	Date received	Symbol
Azerbaijan a	1 May 2018	1 March 2020	4 February 2020	CMW/C/AZE/3
Paraguay b	1 May 2017	1 May 2019	13 November 2019	CMW/C/PRY/2
Rwanda b	1 October 2017	1 May 2019	16 January 2020	CMW/C/RWA/2
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) a	1 February 2018	1 March 2020	9 March 2020	CMW/C/VEN/1

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

b The lis t s of issues prior to reporting w ere adopted by the Committee at its twenty-eighth session.

As at 1 February 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	D eadline of submission of list of issues
Benin	1 November 2019
Congo a	1 July 2018
Fiji	1 December 2020
Gambia	1 January 2020
Sao Tome and Principe b	1 May 2018	1 May 2020

a Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, t he list of issues prior to reporting will be adopted by the Committee during the intersession al period .

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

The Committee received the second period report of Uruguay on 1 November 2019 and the combined second and third periodic reports of the Syrian Arab Republic on 23 December 2019. The second periodic reports of the following States parties were due but had not yet been received as at 1 February 2021:

State party	Initial d ate due	D eadline of submission of list of issues
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
Guinea Bissau	9 September 2020
Kyrgyzstan c	24 April 2020
Morocco d	13 September 2018
Peru c	24 April 2020
Seychelles c	9 September 2020
Timor-Leste	9 September 2020
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 w ill be adopted by the Committee at one of its future sessions .

d Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, t he list of issues prior to reporting w ill be adopted by the Committee during the intersession al period .

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

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

a Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, t he list of issues prior to reporting will be adopted by the Committee during the intersession al period.

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	D eadline of submission of list of issues
Belize a	1 July 2004	5 September 2016	1 November 2020
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 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 s of issues prior to reporting for Jamaica and Nigeria will be adopted by the Committee during the intersession al period .

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

The Committee decided to consider the reports of one or two States parties at the thirty-second session. The States parties have yet to be determined.

The Committee will adopt concluding observations on the reports of the said 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.

8. Adoption of the annual report

In accordance with article 74 (7) of the Convention, the Committee will submit an annual report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the Convention. The report will cover the intersessional period from 21 May 2020, the date of the submission of the annual report of the committee (A/75/48), to the thirty-second session of the Committee.