Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Eighteenth session15–26April2013

Item 2 of the provisional agenda Adoption of the agenda

Provisional annotated agenda and programme of work

Note by the Secretariat

1.The eighteenth session of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva (Palais Wilson) from 15 to 26 April 2013. The first meeting of the session will be convened on Monday, 15 April at 10 a.m.

2.The attached provisional annotated agenda and programme of work for the eighteenth session of the Committee have been prepared by the Secretary-General in consultation with the Chairperson of the Committee, in accordance with rule 5 of the Committee’s provisional rules of procedure.

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.Day of general discussion.

8.Promotion of the Convention.

9.Issues pertaining to the Convention.

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

Annotations

1.Opening of the session

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

2.Adoption of the agenda

Under rule 6 of the Committee’s provisional rules of procedure, the first item on the agenda of any session shall be the adoption of the agenda, unless the election of officers is required under 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

Under this item, the Committee will consider its programme of work for the session as well as other issues relevant to the Committee’s business, including the dates for the future sessions of the Committee.

4.Submission of reports by States parties

The Committee has received the following initial reports, which are pending consideration by the Committee:

State party	Date due	Date received	Symbol
Morocco	1 July 2004	12 July 2012	CMW/C/MAR/1
Burkina Faso	1 March 2005	6 November 2012	CMW/C/BFA/1

The Committee has received the following second periodic reports, which are pending consideration by the Committee:

State party	Date due	Date received	Symbol
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	1 July 2009	18 October 2011	CMW/C/BOL/2
Colombia Azerbaijan	1 May 2011 1 May 2011	18 October 2011 26 October 2011	CMW/C/COL/2 CMW/C/AZE/2

The following initial reports were due, but had not yet been received as at 1 February 2013:

State party	Date due
Bangladesh	1 December 2012
Belize	1 July 2004
Cape Verde	1 July 2004
Ghana	1 July 2004
Guinea	1 July 2004
Guyana	1 November 2011
Honduras	1 December 2006
Jamaica	1 January 2010
Kyrgyzstan	1 January 2005
Lesotho	1 January 2007
Libya	1 October 2005
Mauritania	1 May 2008
Nicaragua	1 February 2007
Niger	1 July 2010
Nigeria	1 November 2010
Peru	1 January 2007
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1 February 2012
Seychelles	1 July 2004
Timor-Leste	1 May 2005
Turkey	1 January 2006
Uganda	1 July 2004
Uruguay	1 July 2004

The following second periodic reports were due, but had not yet been received as at 1 February 2013:

State party	Date due
Algeria	1 May 2012
Egypt	1 July 2009
El Salvador*	1 December 2010
Mali*	1 October 2009
Philippines*	1 May 2011
Sri Lanka*	1 November 2011
Syrian Arab Republic	1 October 2011

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

At its eighteenth session, the Committee will consider the second periodic reports received from Azerbaijan (CMW/C/AZE/2), the Plurinational State of Bolivia (CMW/C/BOL/2) and Colombia (CMW/C/COL/2).

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 (see annex).

6.Methods of work of the Committee

Under this item, the Committee will discuss its methods of work, harmonization of treaty body working methods and other issues arising out of the ongoing treaty body strengthening process. In particular, the Committee will continue to discuss the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the strengthening of the human rights treaty bodies of June 2012 (A/66/860).

7.Day of general discussion

At its seventeenth session, the Committee decided to hold a day of general discussion on the importance of migration statistics for treaty reporting and migration policies, and agreed to invite interested States, organizations and individuals to participate in that discussion. The day of general discussion will be held on Monday, 22 April 2013, and will focus on the above topic and other related issues.

8.Promotion of the Convention

Under this item, the Committee will discuss its involvement in and support for various events to continue promoting the Convention. It will also convene an informal meeting with States that have signed but not yet ratified the Convention, with a view to promoting their ratification of the Convention.

9.Issues pertaining to the Convention

Under this item, the Committee will discuss the adoption of a general comment on the rights of migrant workers in an irregular situation and members of their families, following its day of general discussion at its fifteenth session.

10.Adoption of the annual report to the General Assembly

In accordance with article 74, paragraph 7, of the Convention, the Committee shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the Convention.

Annex

Provisional programme of work

Date/time	Agenda item	Documentation/programme
Monday, 15 April
213 th meeting 10.00-11.00	1	Opening of the session (public)
	2, 3	Adoption of the agenda and consideration of the programme of work (public)
	8	Activities to promote the Convention (public)
11.00-12.00		Informal meeting with the United Nations bodies and specialized agencies (closed)
12.00-13.00		Informal meeting with non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions (public)
214 th meeting 15.00-18.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: second periodic report of Colombia (CMW/C/COL/2) (public)
Tuesday, 16 April
215 th meeting 10.00-13.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties: second periodic report of Colombia (cont’d) (public)
216 th meeting 15.00-18.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: second periodic report of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (CMW/C/BOL/2) (public)
Wednesday, 17 April
217 th meeting 10.00-13.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties: second periodic report of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (cont’d) (public)
218 th meeting 15.00-18.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: second periodic report of Azerbaijan (CMW/C/AZE/2) (public)
Thursday, 18 April
219 th meeting 10.00-13.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties: second periodic report of Azerbaijan (cont’d) (public)
220 th meeting 15.00-18.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties: adoption of lists of issues (closed)
Friday, 19 April
221st meeting 10.00-13.00	9	Discussion on draft general comment No. 2 (closed)
222nd meeting 15.00-18.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties: adoption of lists of issues prior to reporting (closed)

Date/time	Agenda item	Documentation/programme
Monday, 22 April
22 3rd meeting 10.00-13.00	7	Day of general discussion: The importance of migration statistics for treaty reporting and migration policies (public)
22 4th meeting 15.00-18.00	7	Day of general discussion (cont’d) (public)
Tuesday, 23 April
22 5th meeting 10.00-13.00	6	Discussion on methods of work of the Committee (closed)
22 6 th meeting 15.00-18.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties: adoption of concluding observations (closed)
Wednesday, 24 April
227 th meeting 10.00-13.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties: adoption of concluding observations (closed)
22 8 th meeting 15.00-18.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties adoption of concluding observations (closed)
Thursday, 25 April
229 th meeting 10.00-13.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties: adoption of lists of issues prior to reporting (closed)
2 30 th meeting 15.00-18.00	6	Discussion on methods of work of the Committee (closed)
Friday, 26 April
231st meeting 10.00-13.00	5, 10	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties: adoption of concluding observations (closed); adoption of the annual report (closed)
23 2nd meeting 15.00-18.00	3	Organizational matters (closed) Closing of the session (public)