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

Thirty-seventh session

27 November–8 December 2023

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 general comment No. 6 on the convergence of the Convention and the Global Compact for Migration.

Annotations

1.Opening of the session

The representative of the Secretary-General will open the thirty-seventh 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 will 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-seventh session of the Committee will be held at Palais Wilson, from 27 November to 8 December 2023. The first meeting of the session will be convened on Monday, 27 November, at 10 a.m.

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

4.Submission of reports by States parties

As at 1 October 2023, 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 for submission of replies to lists of issues prior to reporting
Chad a	1 June 2023
Congo b	1 July 2018	1 March 2022
Fiji a	1 December 2020
Gambia c	1 January 2020
Guinea-Bissau a	1 February 2020
Sao Tome and Principe d	1 May 2018	1 March 2020
Togo a	1 April 2022

a In accordance with the simplified reporting procedure, which has become the default procedure, a list of issues prior to reporting will be adopted by the Committee at a future session.

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

c At its thirty-seventh session, the Committee will have before it for adoption the list of issues prior to reporting.

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

The Committee received the second periodic reports of Kyrgyzstan (CMW/C/KGZ/2) on 6 April 2023, of Mauritania (CMW/C/MRT/2) on 26 May 2023 and of Türkiye (CMW/C/TUR/2) on 26 June 2023. The second periodic reports of the following States parties were due but had not yet been received as at 1 October 2023:

State party	Initial date due	Deadline for submission of replies to lists of issues prior to reporting
Bangladesh a	1 May 2022
Egypt b	1 July 2009	1 May 2018
Ghana c	5 September 2019
Guinea c	9 September 2020
Guyana c	1 May 2023
Indonesia c	1 October 2022
Lesotho c	1 May 2021
Madagascar c	1 October 2023
Mozambique c	1 October 2023
Nicaragua c	1 October 2021
Peru d	24 April 2020	28 April 2023
Timor-Leste c	9 September 2020
Uganda c	24 April 2020

a On 28 March 2023, the State party opted out of the simplified reporting procedure, and will submit its report under the traditional procedure.

b The list of issues prior to reporting was adopted by the Committee at its twenty-sixth session. On 10 March 2023, the State party opted out of the simplified reporting procedure, and will submit its report under the traditional procedure.

c In accordance with the simplified reporting procedure, which has become the default procedure, a list of issues prior to reporting will be adopted by the Committee at a future session.

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

The third periodic reports of the following States parties were due but had not yet been received as at 1 October 2023:

State party	Initial date due	Deadline for submission of replies to lists of issues prior to reporting
Algeria a	1 May 2023
Mali b	1 May 2019
Sri Lanka c	1 October 2021

a On 31 March 2023, the State party opted out of the simplified reporting procedure, and will submit its report under the traditional procedure.

b In accordance with the simplified reporting procedure, which has become the default procedure, a list of issues prior to reporting will be adopted by the Committee at a future session.

c On 16 May 2023, the State party opted out of the simplified reporting procedure, and will submit its report under the traditional procedure.

The Committee received the fourth periodic report of Senegal (CMW/C/SEN/4) on 19 July 2023. The fourth periodic reports of the following States parties were due but had not yet been received as at 1 October 2023:

State party	Initial date due	Deadline for submission of replies to lists of issues prior to reporting
Ecuador a	1 October 2022
Mexico b	1 October 2022

a In accordance with the simplified reporting procedure, which has become the default procedure, a list of issues prior to reporting will be adopted by the Committee at a future session.

b At its thirty-seventh session, the Committee will have before it for adoption the list of issues prior to reporting.

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 for 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
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 was requested to submit its combined initial and second periodic reports. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the list of issues prior to reporting for Jamaica was adopted by the Committee intersessionally, on 5 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

The Committee will consider the second periodic reports of Kyrgyzstan and Uruguay and the initial report of Sao Tome and Principe. It will adopt concluding observations on the 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 of the preparation and adoption of a list of issues and the transmittal thereof 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, that the procedure would be implemented on an opt-out basis, rather than opt-in, whereby the simplified reporting procedure under rule 33 (2) of its rules of procedure is henceforth 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 requested use of the traditional reporting procedure, after States parties have been duly informed of the decision taken by the Committee. At its thirty-seventh session, the Committee will adopt lists of issues prior to reporting for the Gambia and Mexico as well as a list of issues in relation to the initial report of Benin.

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, 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 in promotion of the Convention, including meetings with stakeholders, days of general discussion and the preparation of general comments.

8.Adoption of general comment No. 6 on the convergence of the Convention and the Global Compact for Migration

The Committee will discuss and adopt in a plenary session its general comment No. 6.