Meeting of States parties to the International Convention

on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers

and Members of Their Families

Eighth meeting

New York, 28 June 2017

Item 5 of the provisional agenda

Election, in accordance with article 72 (1-5)

of the Convention, of seven members of the Committee

on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers

and Members of Their Families to replace those whose

terms of office are due to expire on 31 December 2017

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

Note by the Secretary-General

1.In conformity with article 72 (4) of the International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the eighth meeting of the States parties to the Convention will be convened by the Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters on Wednesday, 28 June 2017, for the purpose of electing seven members of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families from a list of persons nominated by States parties, to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2017 (see section I). The names of persons nominated by States parties appear in section II. The names of the other seven members who will continue to serve on the Committee until 31 December 2019 appear in section III.

2.In accordance with the procedure set out in article 72 (3) of the Convention, the Secretary-General, in a note verbale dated 7 October 2016, invited the States parties to submit their nominations for the election of seven members of the Committee within five months. All the curricula vitae received by 31 March 2017 are included in the annex to the present document. Addenda to the present note will be issued for nominations received after the deadline of 31 March 2017.

3.In compliance with the provisions of article 72 (3) of the Convention, the Secretary-General has the honour to list below, in alphabetical order, the names of the persons nominated for election to the Committee, indicating the States parties which have nominated them. Biographical data of the persons nominated, as furnished by the States parties concerned, are contained in the annex to the present document.

4.In addition, in compliance with paragraph 12 of General Assembly resolution 68/268, the current situation with respect to the composition of the Committee, reflecting the balance in terms of geographical distribution and gender representation, professional background and different legal systems, as well as the tenure of current members, is contained in sections I and II of the present document. The biographical data of current members are available on the web page of the Committee (www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CMW/Pages/Membership.aspx).

5.In paragraph 13 of its resolution 68/268, the General Assembly encouraged States parties, in the election of treaty body experts, to give due consideration, as stipulated in the relevant human rights instruments, to equitable geographical distribution, the representation of the different forms of civilization and the principal legal systems, balanced gender representation and the participation of experts with disabilities in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies.

I.List of the seven members of the Committee whose terms expire on 31 December 2017

6.The professional backgrounds, legal systems and additional biographical data of the members may be found on the web page of the Committee (www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CMW/Pages/Membership.aspx).

Name of member	Country of nationality	Member since
Mr. José S. Brillantes	Philippines	2004
Ms. Salome Castellanos Delgado	Honduras	2014
Mr. Pablo Ceriani Cernadas	Argentina	2014
Ms. Fatoumata Abdourhamane Dicko	Mali	2010
Mr. Md. Shahidul Haque	Bangladesh	2014
Mr. Prasad Kariyawasam	Sri Lanka	2004
Mr. Ahmadou Tall	Senegal	2010

II.List of persons nominated by States parties

Candidate	Nominated by
Mr. Federico Agusti	Argentina
Mr. Álvaro Botero Navarro	Colombia
Mr. José S. Brillantes	Philippines
Ms. Fatoumata Abdourhamane Dicko	Mali
Mr. Ermal Frasheri	Albania
Mr. Md. Shahidul Haque	Bangladesh
Mr. Prasad Kariyawasam	Sri Lanka
Mr. Mamane Oumaria	Niger
Mr. Germain Zong-Naba Pimé	Burkina Faso
Mr. Azad Taghi-Zada	Azerbaijan
Mr. Ahmadou Tall	Senegal

7.The curricula vitae of the persons nominated, as provided by the State parties concerned, are contained in the annex.

III.List of the seven members who will continue to serve on the Committee until 31 December 2019

8.The professional backgrounds, legal systems and additional biographical data of the members may be found on the web page of the Committee (www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CMW/Pages/Membership.aspx).

Name of member	Country of nationality	Member since
Ms. Jasminka Dzumhur	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2016
Mr. Ahmed Hassan El- Borai	Egypt	2004
Mr. Abdelhamid El Jamri	Morocco	2004
Ms. Khedidja Ladjel	Algeria	2012
Ms. Maria Landazuri de Mora	Ecuador	2016
Mr. Marco Nuñez -Melgar Maguiña	Peru	2012
Mr. Can Ünver	Turkey	2016

Annex

Curricula vitae *

Federico Agusti (Argentina)

[Original: Spanish]

Date and place of birth: 7 February1969, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Working languages: Spanish (mother tongue), Italian (good), English (good), Portuguese (intermediate)

Current position/function

Director of International Affairs at the National Directorate of Migration from 2008 to date

President of the National Refugee Commission (CONARE) since 2009

Executive Coordinator of the Syria programme for the humanitarian reception of Syrian citizens affected by the conflict

Main professional activities

Worked on the programming and monitoring of migration policies at the national, regional and international levels. e.g. the Migration Round Table, the Syria programme for persons affected by the conflict and programmes to regularize Senegalese and Dominican citizens; participant in numerous international meetings related to migrants, such as the Global Forum on Migration and Development, the International Dialogue on Migration of the International Organization for Migration, the South American Conference on Migration, the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) Specialized Forum on Migration, as well as meetings on international agreements dealing with migration-related topics (e.g. the MERCOSUR Residency Agreement, the Travel Documents Agreement, the MERCOSUR Agreement on Combating the Smuggling of Migrants and bilateral migration agreements with, inter alia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay).

Also chair of the National Refugee Commission (CONARE), which draws up public policies on asylum and refugees, and applies the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and other international human rights instruments.

Educational background

Undergraduate degree: Abogado (law degree), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires

Postgraduate studies in government and public policy as part of a master’s degree in government (Maestría en Gobierno), University of Palermo

Postgraduate studies in international migration as part of a master’s degree in international migration management and policy (Maestría en Políticas y Gestión de las Migraciones Internacionales) (subject of thesis written in final semester), Universidad de Tres de Febrero

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the Committee on Migrant Workers

Head of Argentine delegation at meetings of the MERCOSUR Specialized Forum on Migration, 2008-2017; representative of the National Directorate of Migration at meetings of the South American Conference on Migration, 2009-2016; participant at various meetings of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (Brussels, Philippines, Mexico); Argentine representative at the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) — side event, Geneva, Switzerland, October 2015; Argentine representative at meetings of the heads of national refugee commissions of MERCOSUR countries; organizer and participant at the Fifth Ibero-American Congress of Migration Authorities, Buenos Aires, May 2015; co-organizer, chair and panellist at the Buenos Aires Subregional Meeting on the Cartagena +30 process, Buenos Aires, 2014; continuous participation in bilateral meetings with Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela, 2008-2017.

List of most recent publications in the field of migration and human rights

“Estudio sobre experiencias en la implementación del Acuerdo de Residencia del MERCOSUR y Asociados” (Study of experiences in implementing the Residency Agreement of MERCOSUR and Associate States), commissioned by the International Organization for Migration and presented at the South American Conference on Migration in 2014

“Política Migratoria Argentina” (Argentine migration policy), in Migraciones Internacionales en el Siglo XXI (International migration in the twenty-first century), International Migration Congress, Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina

“Flujos migratorios mixtos: el caso Senegal” (Mixed migration flows: The case of Senegal), in Migración Extracontinental en las Américas (Migration from other continents to the Americas), Organization of American States, Special Commission on Migration Affairs

Álvaro Botero Navarro (Colombia)

[Original: Spanish]

Date and place of birth: Barranquilla, Colombia, 22 June 1979

Working languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese

Current position/function

Principal specialist at the Office of the Rapporteur on the Rights of Migrants of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS). Responsibilities include coordinating the work carried out by the Office to protect the human rights of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, stateless persons, victims of trafficking in persons and internally displaced persons in the 35 member States of OAS.

Main professional activities

Monitoring situations related to the human rights of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, people in need of additional protection, stateless persons, internally displaced persons and victims and survivors of trafficking in persons in the 35 member States of OAS. This involves: (1) coordinating and conducting visits from IACHR to countries in the Americas, including Mexico (2011 and 2015), the Dominican Republic (2013), the United States of America (2014) and Colombia (2015); (2) preparing thematic and country reports, as well as other technical inputs on the human rights situation for migrants in countries in the Americas; (3) helping to prepare legal inputs in cases relating to the rights of migrants and others in situations related to the movement of persons, as well as observations to be submitted by IACHR to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; (4) IACHR focal point for States, civil society organizations and other international bodies, such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration and the OAS Special Commission on Migration Affairs.

Educational background

Abogado (law degree), Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Máster en Estudios Avanzados en Derechos Humanos (master’s degree in advanced studies in human rights), Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the Committee on Migrant Workers

Worked with organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) on projects related to access to justice for vulnerable groups. Also provided legal assistance to internally displaced persons, as well as working with legal advice offices, human rights clinics and civil society organizations that work to defend the rights of migrants in Mexico. Carried out specialized studies on international human rights law, international refugee law, forced migration, international migration, trafficking in persons and internally displaced persons, at the following universities: University of Oxford (2016), University of Essex (2016), Georgetown University (2012), Åbo Akademi University (2009), European University Institute (2008), International Institute of Human Rights (2007), Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies (2006) and Complutense University of Madrid (2006). List of most recent publications in the field of migration and human rights.

Worked on the preparation and drafting of various reports published by IACHR on the human rights of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, persons in need of additional protection, stateless persons, victims and survivors of trafficking in persons, and internally displaced persons. Of particular note is the work carried out on the adoption and publication of the IACHR report “Derechos humanos de los migrantes, refugiados, apátridas, víctimas de trata de personas y desplazados internos: Normas y Estándares del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos” (Human rights of migrants, refugees, stateless persons, victims of trafficking in persons and internally displaced persons: Norms and standards of the Inter-American Human Rights System), 2015.

José Serrano Brillantes (Philippines)

Date and place of birth: 04 February 1938, Manila, Philippines

Working languages: English, Filipino, German, Spanish

Current position/function

Chairperson (CMW) United Nations Committee on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families

Main professional activities

A lawyer by profession and training, a law practitioner and a respected diplomat for over thirty eight (38) years having served in our Embassies in Bonn, Germany, Washington, DC, U.S.A, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Ottawa, Canada, he pursues campaigns to protect the welfare of migrant workers in international, regional, multilateral and bilateral conferences, symposia, seminars, dialogues, meetings, and fora around the world as Chairperson of CMW, speaker and resource person on migrant workers affairs and concerns, drawing on his background and experience as former Labour Minister, former Deputy Foreign Minister, former Ambassador to Malaysia and Canada, and having attended the sessions that adopted the UN Convention (CMW) in New York in 1988 to 1989; (Distinguished Alumnus Special Award for Public Service awarded by the Ateneo de Manila University in recognition as Chairperson of CMW, Ambassador to Canada and Malaysia and Former Labor Minister).

Educational background

Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa), Lyceum University, Dagupan City, Philippines 2004, Graduate Studies for Masters in Public Administration, Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada (1975-1976); Bachelor of Laws, Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines (1956-1960); and Associate in Arts, Ateneo de Manila University, College of Arts and Sciences, Manila, Philippines (1954-1956).

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the Committee on Migrant Workers

As Chairperson and Member of the Committee (CMW), pursues advocacy on the protection and promotion of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families, and the ratification of its Convention as guest speaker, resource person of CMW in conferences in Bangkok, Ottawa, Phom Penh, I0M Manila, CRPD, Geneva, Peru, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, New York, and Kuala Lumpur; rapporteur for Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Bolivia, Lesotho, Uganda, Belize, Kyrgyzstan and Timor Leste; maintained liaison and networking with NGOs and other migrant advocacy groups and the Human Rights Commission, Philippines, attended the 28th Annual Meeting of Human Rights Treaty Body Chairs in New York City, (2016), made calls on Mexico, France, Liberia, and President of the UN General Assembly on the ratification of the CMW Convention; attended as panelist, the 9th GFMD Dhaka (2016), presented the CMW Report to the UN 3rd Committee (2016); attended the 25th Anniversary Program of CMW in Baku, Azerbaijan; attended 10th anniversary of CRFD (2016); attended GFMD Friends of the Forum (2016).

List of most recent publications in the field of migration and human rights

“Protection of Migrants in all Situations”, Dhaka, 9th GFMD, Round Table, 2.2., October 2016; “GFMD-CMW on Migrants” Geneva, May 2016; “Behind Closed Doors”, Bangkok, 2015; “Overseas Workers as Culture Bearers” Manila, 2016; “Integrating a Gender Perspective into the Development of the Global Component of Migration”, Dhaka, 2016; “UN 3rd Committee Presentation” New York City, 2016; “Ceremony to Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the CRPD” Geneva, 2016.

Fatoumata Abdourhamane Dicko (Mali)

[Original: French]

Date and place of birth: 8 April 1963, Bourem/Cercle de Gao, Mali

Working languages: French

Current position/function

Twelve years preparing and following up on government reports under the human rights treaties and in the field of labour in all its aspects, as well as actively participating in the International Migration Programme of the International Labour Office in North and West Africa. National Director of Employment since November 2013, recognizing that the search for a better life is one of the causes of migration.

Main professional activities

2016: Member of the interministerial support committee for the preparation of initial and periodic reports on the implementation of the international treaties ratified by Mali

Since November 2013: National Director of Employment

September 2011-November 2013: Director of Human Resources in the youth, employment, sport and culture sector

Since 2012: lecturer at the National School of Administration and the National Institute for Youth and Sports

May 2009-June 2010: manager of the programme to build institutional capacity governing labour migration in North and West Africa

August 1998-May 2009: Head of the Law and Standards Division at the Ministry of Labour

Educational background

June 1989, National School of Administration in Bamako:Maîtrise en Droit Privé (master’s degree in private law) (main subjects: civil law, contract law, administrative law, international relations, labour law)

December 2005, African Regional Centre for Labour Administration (CRADAT), Yaoundé: Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées en Gestion des Ressources Humaines (specialized higher education diploma in human resources management) (main subjects: human resources management, auditing, economics of human resources, policy planning and evaluation)

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the Committee on Migrant Workers

Permanent Secretary and Member of the Consultative Framework for Migration Management in Mali (2010-2011)

Member of the Steering Committee of the Partnership Programme for Managing Professional Migration of GIP-International (2010)

Focal point for all information used in preparing the report of the Government of Mali under the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (2006)

Responsible for drawing up reports on ratified international standards conventions, pursuant to the comments of the Committee of Experts, as well as reports on non-ratified conventions and all questionnaires preparing for new standards

Served for eight years as a member of the International Labour Conference Committee on the Application of Standards

List of most recent publications in the field of migration and human rights

August 2009: Recueil des textes législatifs et réglementaires en matière de migration au Mali (Compendium of legislation and regulations on migration in Mali)

Octobre 2009: Cartographie de la migration au Mali (Mapping of migration in Mali)

2010: Guide de la gestion des migrations (Guide to migration management)

2010: Les tendances de la migration féminine (Trends in female migration)

2011: Essai sur la protection sociale des émigrés maliens (Essay on social protection for Malian emigrants) and Recueil des conventions de sécurité Sociale signées par le Mali (Compendium of social security agreements entered into by Mali)

Ermal Frasheri (Albania)

Date and place of birth: October 31st, 1974; Tirana, Albania

Working languages: English, Albanian, Polish

Current position/function

Fellow, Center for International Development, Harvard University

Adjunct Professor, Sturm College of Law, Denver University

Main professional activities

I am a fellow at the Center for International Development at the Kennedy School, where I work on law and economic development policies, and am also an Adjunct Professor at Sturm College of Law at Denver University where every year I teach a seminar on Law and Corruption. I have finished my graduate studies — i.e., Master’s (LL.M., ‘05), doctorate (S.J.D., ‘12), and post-doctorate (Visiting Scholar ‘14) — at Harvard Law School, specializing in the areas of law and economic development, international law, social theories, and European integration. At Harvard, I taught for about ten years a number of tutorials on topics ranging from comparative politics, to European integration, democracy, social studies 10, international organizations, social interaction, as well as courses on Public International law (at Babson College), and European Union law (at New England Law School).

Educational background

Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

Visiting Scholar/Researcher, Nov. 2012-Jan. 2014

Doctor of Juridical Sciences, S.J.D., Nov. 2012

Completed the LL.M. Program, June 2005

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the Committee on Migrant Workers

In my Public International Law, International Trade Law, and European Union Law classes, I have taught dedicated topics on the rights of migrant workers. Further, in my law and economic development work at the Center for International Development, we are currently examining the situation of migrant workers in Sri Lanka, in the context of the immigration regime, with a view of suggesting appropriate changes in the policies and regulatory frameworks.

List of most recent publications in the field of migration and human rights

Immigration Regime and the nexus to Economic Development, (work in progress), Center for International Development, Harvard University.

Md. Shahidul Haque (Bangladesh)

Date and place of birth: 31 December 1959, Quetta, Pakistan

Working languages: English, Urdu

Current position/function

Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh (2013 — till date):

Development and implementation of Bangladesh Foreign Policy

Providing guidelines in maintaining foreign relations with other countries and world bodies

Providing decisions on accomplishment of bilateral and multilateral agreements

Policy-making and implementation of state ceremonial and protocol matters

Custodian of diplomatic and consular relations of Bangladesh

Main professional activities

2012-2013: Additional Foreign Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka

2010-2012: Director, International Cooperation and Partnership of IOM dealing with IOMs’ external relations, donors’ liaison and international migration policy. Developed IOM’s strategy and applied approved policies in the region, directed operational, administrative, budgetary and financial activities as mandated and developed & maintained liaison with Government, multilateral organizations and NGOs

2007-2009: Regional Representative for the Middle-East (based in Cairo)

2001-2006: Regional Representative for South Asia (based in Dhaka). During this period, he also worked as Chief of Mission, IOM in Tehran and regional Management Coordinator for West Asia with operations in Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan

1999-2001: Minister, Bangladesh Permanent Mission, Geneva: Responsible for WIPO, ILO, IOM, IAEA and LDC related issues

1986-1998: Worked at various capacities at the Foreign Ministry and Bangladesh Embassies in London and Bangkok

Educational background

Obtained an M.A. in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in USA (1988) and was awarded Honourable Mention for Robert B. Steward Prize for high academic achievement at Fletcher School

Obtained First Class First, both in Masters and Honours, in Social Welfare from the Dhaka University. Awarded the Dhaka University Chancellors Award, the Grants Commission Award and the Chancellors Gold Medal for his outstanding academic performance

Fellow on Conflict Resolution from Centre for International Understanding, Missouri, USA

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the Committee on Migrant Workers

Had been chair of 9th Global Forum on Migration and Development and successfully steered the GFMD Summit in Dhaka from 10-12 December 2016

Promoted the idea of Global Compact on Migration which proposes rights of Migrants workers as a fundamental to the governance of migration

Involved in formulation of strategy, plans and programmes to promote the cause of migration and to facilitate regional and international process of migration.

Developed, promoted and sustained high level liaison with State Parties, international organizations and NGOs

Direct, monitor and evaluate global and regional migration related programmes and activities

Advised on the policy matters and contributed particularly to the ‘Fostering Safe Migration’ Regional Action Forum, SARI/Equity, USAID funded Delhi project on trafficking and migration

Conducted training workshops on Migration, Globalization, Security and Development, Refugee Movement and Migratory Research Unit

Conducted classes on migration at graduate level at Webster University, Geneva

List of most recent publications in the field of migration and human rights

‘The Future of Migration Governance’, op-ed published by Project Syndicate on 07 December 2016 in the run up of 9th Summit of Global Forum on Migration Development

Migration Trends and Patterns in South Asia and Management Approaches and Initiatives; Asia Pacific Population Journal; UNESCAP; VOL 20, No. 3, December 2005

Orderly and Humane Migration: An Emerging Paradigm for Development, Journal of Bangladesh Institute on International and Strategic Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Vol 23, No. 1, 2002

International Laws and Institution for Protection of Right of Migrants: Challenges and Responses in Dr. Mizanur Rahman edited Human Rights and Empowerment, Dhaka 2001

Quest for An Implementation Mechanism for Movement of Service Providers, 2001, South Centre, Geneva

Internal Displacement: The Mandate and Activities of IOM, jointly with Shyla Vohra in Displaced in Homeland: IDPs of Bangladesh and the Region, Dhaka 2003.

Prasad Kariyawasam (Sri Lanka)

Date and place of birth: 21st March 1954 — Galle, Sri Lanka

Working languages: English and Sinhala

Current position/function

Ambassador for Sri Lanka to the United States of America and Ambassador (designate) to Mexico and High Commissioner to Trinidad & Tobago and Permanent Observer to the Organization of American States (OAS). Bilateral affairs with the Unites States of America, Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago, as well as coordination of all aspects of Sri Lanka’s relations with the OAS.

Main professional activities

The Alternate Representative of Sri Lanka at the 53rd, 54th and 55th Sessions of the UN Commission for Human Rights (CHR) held in Geneva and led the Observer delegation of Sri Lanka to the 57th and 58th Sessions of CHR and the Member delegation of Sri Lanka to the 59th Session of the CHR. At the 59th Session of the CHR, elected as a Vice-Chairperson and served in the Expanded Bureau of the 59th CHR. From 2005 to 2008 the Chairperson of the United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israel Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and other Arabs of the Occupied Territories.

Educational background

Bachelor of Science (Hons.), Special Degree in Mathematics, 1978

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the Committee on Migrant Workers

President of the Council of the International Organization for Migration in the years 2001-2002 and gained both practical and conference experience pertaining to issues with regard to migration and protection of migrant workers. Deputy Head of Mission in the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Riyadh from 1989-1992 and observed first-hand, travails of the migrant worker population living in the Middle East. The first Chairperson of the Committee on Migrant Workers and held this post until 2008, during the initial formative stages of the Committee on Migrant Workers and leading the evolution and consolidation of working methods and procedures of the committee, as well as the advocacy of the Convention. Chair of the Meetings of the Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Inter-Committee Meetings for the year 2004.

List of most recent publications in the field of migration and human rights

Key-note Speaker at the Public Conference on Migrant Workers and Human Rights organized by the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Law Society of Ireland held in Dublin, Ireland on 15th October, 2005

Key-note Speaker at the 8th International Conference on National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights held in Bolivia on 24th October, 2006

Key-note Presentation on Globalization, Migration and Human Rights at the Seminar for Members of Parliamentary Committee Working on Human Rights and other Committees Addressing Migration issues held at the Inter Parliamentary Committee (IPU) Headquarters in Geneva, on 24th October, 2007

Statement representing Sri Lanka as well as the Committee on Migrant Workers at the Global Forum on Migration and Development International Conference held in Philippines on 27-30 October 2008

Statement at the “Global Round Table on Alternative to Detention of Asylum Seekers, Refugees, Migrant and Stateless Persons” organized by UNHCR and OHCHR in May 2011 in Geneva

Statement at the Expert meeting between the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW), relevant UN agencies and civil society, to develop and agree on recommended languages for a gender-responsive global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration held in Geneva on 21-22 November, 2016.

Mamane Oumaria (Niger)

[Original: French]

Date and place of birth: 1 January 1952, Matamèye, Niger

Working languages: French, English (intermediate)

Current position/function

Chief adviser to the Prime Minister, and Head of the Department of Governance and Social Modernization (in charge of human rights and issues relating to migration)

Member of the interministerial committee on preparing reports for treaty bodies and the universal periodic review (including the report of Niger on the rights of migrant workers and members of their families)

International human rights consultant, including several missions on behalf of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Lecturer in human rights at the University of Niamey

Rapporteur for the State Governance Centre (monitoring governance, migration and security).

Main professional activities

Director of the Office of the President of the National Development Council (decision-making body for all issues related to development, including finding year-round employment for young people in rural areas to avoid or limit immigration)

President of the National Commission for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Niger from 1999 to 2003; participation, in this capacity, in sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council and treaty bodies in Geneva, and at sessions of African commissions on human and peoples’ rights and relevant mechanisms, including the one on refugees, migrants and internally displaced persons from 2000 to date

Chair of the subcommittee on monitoring slavery-like practices, International Conference for National Human Rights Institutions, Copenhagen (Denmark) and Lund (Sweden), 2002

International human rights consultant, conducting missions to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Comoros and Mauritania on behalf of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to arrange dialogues between government, parliament and civil society on the creation of a national human rights institution and to prepare organizational acts for these institutions (dialogues organized in the three abovementioned countries)

Director of the Office of the Ombudsman

Secretary-General of the Niger Association for the Defence of Human Rights, providing, for example, refugees with advice and assistance

Conducting a study on violence against women and children in the Maradi and Dosso regions of the Niger

Member of the drafting Committee that prepared the report of the Niger for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at its eighty-seventh session, (Geneva, 3-28 August 2015), and a member of the delegation of the Niger

Member of the drafting committee that prepared the report of the Niger for the second cycle of the universal periodic review and member of the delegation of the Niger at the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth sessions of the Human Rights Council (Geneva, January and June 2016)

Educational background

Ma î trise en droit public, science politiqu e (master’s degree in public law and political science), University of Dakar, 1976

Diplôme en Administration Publique (diploma in public administration), International Institute of Public Administration (IIAP), Paris, 1979

Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies en droit (postgraduate diploma in law), University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1979

Diplômé en Justice Transitionnelle (diploma in transitional justice), International Center for Transitional Justice, New York, 2008

Diploma from the International Academy for Constitutional Law, Tunis, 2015

Certification in human rights (International Federation for Human Rights, 1995; Danish Centre for Human Rights, 2000)

Baccalauréat Philosophie / Lettre (baccalaureate in arts) (with distinction), Lycée National de Niamey, 1972

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the Committee on Migrant Workers

Participation in a study on migration in the Niger

Member of the drafting committee that prepared the report of the Niger to the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and member of the delegation of the Niger to the Committee on 30-31 August 2016 in Geneva

Rapporteur of the State Governance Centre under the Office of the Prime Minister, with monthly discussions on issues related to governance, irregular migration, trafficking and security, in particular the situation of migrant workers in Agadès and in the Dirkou transit site on the Libyan border

Director of vocational training (apprenticeships, supervision by vocational training centres, monitoring of national policies on vocational training)

Chief adviser to the Prime Minister, in charge of human rights and issues related to migration

Following up on the diplomatic plan to hold talks with representatives of European governments on issues related to migration, alongside the Prime Minister

List of most recent publications in the field of migration and human rights

Le Niger à la croisée des chemins de l’immigration vers l’Europe ou l’équation géographique (The Niger at the crossroads of immigration to Europe or the geographic question), 2016

Stratégie et tactique des candidats à l’immigration en transit au Niger (Strategy and tactics of potential immigrants in transit in the Niger), 2015

Germain Zong-Naba Pimé (Burkina Faso)

[Original: French]

Date and place of birth: 24 May 1977, Sourgoubila, Burkina Faso

Working languages: French

Current position/function

Human rights adviser, technical adviser to the Minister of Justice, Human Rights and the Promotion of Civic Responsibility

Main professional activities

Assisting the Minister in implementing projects relating to human rights and civics through technical advice, and studying and summarizing relevant documents

Contributing to the development and implementation of national policy on the promotion and protection of human rights

Contributing to the development and implementation of regulations on human rights

Conducting studies on the promotion and protection of human rights

Devising and developing educational tools in the field of human rights and citizenship

Educational background

2016 (current): Master de recherche en droit international public (research-based master’s degree in international public law), University of Ouagadougou

2012: Master de recherche en droit public, spécialité droit international et européen des droits fondamentaux(research-based master’s degree in public law, specializing in international and European law on fundamental rights), University of Nantes, France

2009: Diplôme de Conseiller en droits humains (certification as a human rights adviser), National School of Administration and Judicial Training of Burkina Faso

2004: Maîtrise en sciences juridiques (master’s degree in law), University of Ouagadougou

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the Committee on Migrant Workers

2014-2015: Member of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

2015: Member of the working group set up by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families to work on a draft general observation on the rights of the child in the context of international migration

Member of the Centre for International Migration and Development Studies and Research

May-December 2016: Training in and dissemination of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families to national actors involved in its implementation (judges, non-governmental organizations, civil society, police, immigration officials, consular officials, labour inspectors, prison staff)

List of most recent publications in the field of migration and human rights

2009: Essay on “Les droits de l’Homme en milieu carcéral au Burkina Faso: le cas du mineur à la Maison d’Arrêt et de Correction de Ouagadougou” (Human rights in prisons in Burkina Faso: The case of the minor at the Ouagadougou Detention and Correction Centre)

2012: Essay on “L’emprisonnement, ses alternatives et la protection des droits de l’enfant” (Imprisonment, its alternatives and protection of the rights of the child).

Azad Taghi-Zada (Azerbaijan)

Date and place of birth: 3 March, 1953 Baku, Azerbaijan

Working languages: Azerbaijani (native), English (advanced), Russian and Turkish.

Current position/function

Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population, Head of Department of actuarial calculations and analysis of living standards.

Vice President for Research of Baku branch of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Main professional activities

Participates in preparation, development and realization of social policy for the population in Azerbaijan including services for migrant workers, develops cooperation with international organizations and appropriate ministries of foreign countries in the field of activities.

Educational background

1970-1975: Moscow State University Mechanics and Mathematics faculty

1975-1978: Post-graduate education, Moscow State University, Ph.D. in Mathematics.

1983-1985: Institute of Foreign Languages, English Literature faculty, bachelor degree.

Various courses and trainings on actuarial mathematics, demography and socio-economic forecasting, including migration flows etc.

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the Committee on Migrant Workers

In 2003-2015 as elected member and Vice-Chairman (2008-2015) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families examines reports of State parties; attends inter-committee meetings, rapporteur for a number of different countries.

List of most recent publications in the field of migration and human rights

More than 90 scientific works, articles, manuals and study materials have been published. Among them should be emphasized the works on analysis and forecasting of demographic and socio-economic situation, migration flows etc.

Ahmadou Tall (Senegal)

[Original: French]

Date and place of birth: 3 November 1965, Dakar, Senegal

Working language: French

Current position/function

Judge — Technical adviser at the Ministry of Justice

Main professional activities

President of the First Civil Chamber at the Dakar Court of Appeal; Technical adviser at the Central Office of the Ministry of Justice; Legal adviser for the Millennium Challenge Account Senegal; Coordinator of the Unit for Administrative and Financial Enforcement in the Justice Sector; Technical adviser at the Ministry of Justice; Certified arbitrator at the Arbitration Centre for Mediation and Conciliation, Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for the Dakar Region; Judge at the Dakar Special Regional Court (President of the First Civil and Commercial Chamber); Head of the Human Rights Office, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Promotion of Peace, Office of the President of the Republic; Auditor at the Court of Cassation of Senegal; Instructor at the Centre for Legal Training in Dakar until August 2003; Judge at the Dakar Special Regional Court (equivalent of the High Court).

Educational background

MBA en Management des Projets (MBA in project management), Higher Institute of Management of Dakar, 2012-2013

Diplôme d’Etudes Spécialisées en Droits de l’Homme (specialized higher education diploma in human rights (with distinction), Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, 2003-2004

Diploma from the National School of Administration and Judicial Training, Dakar, Department of Law, 1993-1995

Maîtrise des Sciences Juridiques (master’s degree in legal sciences) (Specialization in business law), Faculty of Legal and Economic Sciences, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, 1988-1992

Certificate of English Language Study — Intermediate Level, Dakar English Language Center, 2010

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the Committee on Migrant Workers

Member of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (having served successively as Rapporteur and Vice-President)

Member of Global Migration Policy Associates

List of most recent publications in the field of migration and human rights

“Un phénomène aux antipodes de la C.I.D.E.: Les enfants talibés des rues de Dakar” (A phenomenon at odds with the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Talibéchildren on the streets of Dakar), in Revue de Droit Africain (RDJA), No. 39, July 2006

Coordinator of a project to prepare a report analysing measures to combat trafficking in persons, particularly women and children, in Senegal, in collaboration with the public and private sectors and civil society — National Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons, particularly Women and Children, in Senegal (January-June 2008).