Meeting of States parties to the International Convention

on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers

and Members of Their Families

Seventh meeting

New York, 30 June 2015

Item 5 of the provisional agenda

Election, in accordance wit h article 72, paragraphs 1 to 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 2015

Election 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 2015

Note by the Secretary-General

1.In accordance with article 72 (4) of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the seventh meeting of States parties to the Convention is to be held at United Nations Headquarters on 30 June 2015 to elect seven members of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families from a list of candidates nominated by States parties (sect. II), to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2015 (sect. I). Seven members will continue to serve on the Committee until 31 December 2017 (sect. III).

I.Members of the Committee whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2015

Name of member	Country of nationality	Member since
Mr. Francisco Carrión Mena	Ecuador	2004
Mr. Ahmed Hassan El Borai	Egypt	2004
Mr. Abdelhamid El Jamri	Morocco	2004
Ms. Khedidja Ladjel	Algeria	2012
Mr. Marco Nuñez-Melgar Maguiña	Peru	2012
Mr. Germain Zong-Naba Pimé	Burkina Faso	2014
Mr. Azad Taghi-Zada	Azerbaijan	2004

II.Candidates nominated by States parties

3.In accordance with article 72 (3) of the Convention, the Secretary-General, in a note verbale dated 24 September 2014, invited the States parties to submit their nominations for the election of seven members of the Committee by 31 March 2015.

4.Listed below, in alphabetical order, are the names of the nominees and the States parties that nominated them. The curricula vitae of the nominees are included in the present document (see annex).

Name of candidate	Nominated by
Mr. Bismillah Elih Ahmed Saleh	Mauritania
Ms. Adelaide Anno-Kumi	Ghana
Ms. Jasminka Dzumhur	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mr. Ahmed El Borai	Egypt
Mr. Abdelhamid El Jamri	Morocco
Ms. Khedidja Ladjel	Algeria
Ms. María Landázuri De Mora	Ecuador
Mr. Marco Nuñez-Melgar Maguiña	Peru
Mr. Germain Zong-Naba Pimé	Burkina Faso
Mr. Azad Taghi-Zada	Azerbaijan
Mr. Can Ünver	Turkey

III.Members whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2017

Name of member	Country of nationality	Member since
Mr. José Serrano Brillantes	Philippines	2004
Ms. Salomé 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

Annex *

Bismillah Elih Ahmed Saleh (Mauritania)

[Original: French]

Date and place of birth 31 December 1964, Nema, Mauritania

Working languages French and Arab

Current position/function

Official consultant to the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) of the Cabinet of the President; Chairman of the Committee of Experts whose membership includes the Electoral Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of the Interior; Chairman of the Committee for Mauritanians Voting Abroad; formerly the special Minister for the Arab Maghreb Union.

Main professional activities

I supervised the civil registration of, and the vote for, Mauritanians living abroad, removing all barriers to their participation in elections. As Chairman of the Committee of Experts, I oversaw the preparation of basic texts related to the vote for Mauritanians living abroad, and in particular the text establishing the electoral districts abroad to ensure transparent elections.

General supervision of various studies and negotiations related to the unification of the Arab Maghreb Union.

Studies

A study of the challenges and prospects of the Arab Maghreb Union for the bolstering of economic integration among those countries; a study related to strengthening the 5+5 Dialogue and the Barcelona Process; a report evaluating the mandate of the Mauritanian chairpersonship of the African Union (diplomatic, political and economic results).

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

With regard to activities relevant to the mandate of the Committee on Migrant Workers, I have led projects involving immigrants’ right to protection, their right to work and their social integration into the host country; I have worked with the Government — through reflection and awareness-raising — on helping young people to return to their countries of origin by providing them with funds for their social reintegration, as well as self-employment incentives.

List of most recen t publications in the field of migration and human r ights

Publication of the proceedings of a national symposium on the right of young people and women to work, for the purpose of limiting immigration.

Formulation of a text banning child labour; participation in the drafting of a report to raise awareness about access to schooling for children living in outlying urban areas.

Legal framework for the presidential elections in Mauritania.

Adelaide Anno-Kumi (Ghana)

Date of birth 29th October, 1959

Working languages English, Chinese, Ghanaian languages (Twi, Ga, Ewe)

Current position/function

Chief Director: supervises the various Directorates of the Ministry including the Migration Unit, advises the Hon. Minister for the Interior on Administrative and Policy Issues relating to the maintenance of Law and Order.

Focal Point (liaise) between the Ministry and its Agencies including the Ghana Migration Service, the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Prisons Service.

Main professional activities

As Chief Director, works as Administrative Head of the Ministry of the Interior responsible for maintaining public security, internal law and order

Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT): 1979–1982

Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG): 1990 to Date

Ghana Bar Association (GBA): 1997 to Date

Legal officer: Prisons interdenominational Church, Cantonments, Accra: 1990 to Date

Lectures Youth and Women’s Group on Gender Related Issues

Civil and Local Government Staff Ladies Association (CLOGSALAG)

Focal Person for Gender: Ministry of the Interior

Educational background

Paris Graduate Sch. of Mgt., France – Executive Masters in Project Management. May 2012

Ghana School of Law, Accra (Bachelor of Laws): October 1997

University of Ghana, Legon, BA (Hons) Political Science: June, 1986

Wesley College, Kumasi, Ghana (Teacher Certificate “A”): June, 1979

Aburi Girls School, Ghana (“O” Level Certificate): June 1976

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

Member/Secretary: Ghana Immigration Service Board: 2007–2010

Member: Ghana Immigration Service Board: 2014 to Date

List of most recen t publications in the field of migration and human r ights

Chaired the Committee that drew up the National Migration Policy for Ghana: 2010–2014

Jasminka Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Date and place of birth 23.06.1963, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Working languages English, Russian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian

Current position/function

Ombudsman for Human Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Deputy Chair of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

Main professional activities

Senior legal Adviser and Regional Coordinator for Justice and Civil society in the International Commission on Missing Persons

National Human Rights Officer and the Officer in Charge in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H)

President and judge in the Misdemeanour Court Zenica

Consultant of the Danish Refugee Council, the International Crises Group, the Soros Foundation, OSCE, COWI, UNIFEM, UNICEF, OECD-DAC, World Learning/USAID

Drafted the B&H Gender Law and the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence

Delivered lectures and training on women’s rights, discrimination, trafficking of human beings

Published the Handbook on the Protection of Victims of human trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Educational background

Master of Criminology Sciences, Faculty of Criminology, Criminology and Security Studies, Sarajevo, 2009

Dipl. Jur. Degree, Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo, 1987

Bar exam, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1994

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

Delivering training to police, judges, prosecutors, social workers, NGOs, representatives of IPTF, SFOR/EUFOR, EUPM on human rights, dealing with the problems of trafficking of human beings, illegal migration and asylum, domestic violence, gender-based violence

Participation in drafting of laws and by-laws (Law on Movement and Stay Aliens and Asylum, Law on Gender Equality, Law on Protection from Domestic Violence, Rulebook on Protection Trafficking Victims-Foreigners)

Providing permanent consultancy to responsible B&H ministries, NGOs on issues related to migration, labour rights of migrants and trafficking in human beings

List of most recen t publications in the field of migration and human r ights

Published the Handbook on the Protection of Victims of human trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Prepared the BiH Ombudsmen submission to the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrants Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW)

Drafted the Rulebook on the Protection of Domestic Victims of Trafficking

Ahmed El Borai (Egypt)

Date of birth 29/10/1944

Working languages Arabic, French

Current position/function

Professor of Law & Head of the Social Legislation Department

Faculty of Law, University of Cairo

Founder and Partner – El Borai & Partners

A law firm specialized and leading, since 1983, in Labour and Social Security Law, Civil and Commercial Law, Banking & Investment Law, Litigation, Arbitration & Labour Alternative Disputes Settlement Methods

Main professional activities

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

Chairman of Legal Cooperative Union General – Arab Republic of Egypt

Member of Expert Advisers’ Committee on ILO Declaration

President of the Committee of Legal Experts of the Arab Labour Organization

Chairman of the Labour Relations Center, University of Cairo

The National Legal Expert for the preparation of the Unified Labour Bill

Legal Counsellor to the Egyptian Parliament for the Committee of Labour Force

Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt at UNESCO

Cultural Counsellor for the Arab Republic of Egypt in Paris

Legal Counsellor to the University of Cairo

Educational background

BA Law from the University of Cairo

Masters Private Law – University of Cairo

Masters Public Law – University of Cairo

Masters Public Law – University of Rennes – France

PhD Law – University of Rennes – France

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

Dr. El Borai has been appointed, since 2004, as a member to the United Nations Committee on Migrants Workers. Dr. El Borai has held various academic and professional posts in the course of his blossoming career, among which one can cite Visiting Professor, University of Mohammed Ibn Abdallah, Morocco (1977); Visiting Professor, University of Riyadh (1977); Legal Counsellor to the University of Cairo (1983); Visiting Professor, University of Rennes (1985); Cultural Counsellor for Egypt in Paris (1986), Permanent Representative of Egypt to UNESCO (1987), Member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (1991); Legal Counsellor to the Egyptian Parliament for the Committee on Labour Force (1993); Head of the Labour Relations Centre, University of Cairo (1995); Visiting Professor, University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne (1997); former Minister to the Ministry of Manpower and Immigration (2011); and former Minister to the Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs (2013).

List of most recen t publications in the field of migration and human r ights

“Economic, Political and Social Transformation and Effects on Labour Relations, September, 1995”; “Legal Framework for Protecting Immigrant Labour in the Arab States, May, 1992”; “Arab immigrant women in the Arab countries between the reality and law, October 2006”; “The International Legal Framework for Migrant Workers: the United Nations Convention on the Protection of The Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, July 2007”. Other professional treatises include “The Regulation of Immigration of Labour between the Arab States according to International and Arab Labour Practices”, research presented to the Second Conference on the Immigration of Labour between Arab States; “The Special Regulations Organizing the Employment of Women in Arab Legislation”, research presented to the Conference on the Protection of Working Women, convened by the Egyptian General Association of Labour Unions, Cairo 1994; “Legal Framework for the Protection of Immigrant Labour in the Arab States”, research (in English and Arabic) commissioned by the ILO for the First Conference on Immigration of Labour between Arab States.

Abdelhamid El Jamri (Morocco)

[Original: French]

Working languages French, Arabic

Current position/function

Head of Mission, European Union: Support for Migration Management in Mauritania project

International consultant in project development engineering

United Nations expert, member of the Committee on Migrant Workers since 2004 and chairperson of the Committee from 2008 to 2014, in Geneva

Chair of the meeting of United Nations treaty bodies, 2012 to 2013 (9 treaty bodies)

Expert on economic development, European Union, Brussels

President of the international network “Initiatives 21 for development”, set up and established in several countries

Member of the Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad and Chairperson of the Public Policy Working Group

Member of the Economic and Social Council, Morocco

Main professional activities

Organized and participated in several seminars on migrant rights in Africa, Asia, Europe and elsewhere.

Coordinated several migrant integration and employment programmes in European countries.

Designed and supervised several social integration training programmes for trainers, urban policy project leaders, etc.

Carried out a number of missions on behalf of European and African Governments, large companies and NGOs in the fields of project design, training, human resources management and optimization, migration management, institutional self-evaluation, institutional analysis, design of territorial programmes, design of international development strategies, cooperation projects with the Maghreb and Africa, support for civil society and development actors, etc.

Carried out several European programmes providing institutional support and renovation of companies to prepare for the opening of markets.

Implemented several development programmes for the Moroccan Government: management training, designing a system for evaluating development projects, upgrading administration, etc.

Coordinated several development programmes for international institutions, including the International Organization of La Francophonie, the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Union (ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly) and the World Bank.

Educational background

1996: Diplôme d ’ Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées: Ingénierie du développement social urbain et intégration en Europe (specialist postgraduate diploma in urban social development, engineering and integration in Europe), University of Marne-la-Vallée (77), France, honourable mention. Option: Management of employment integration companies.

1987: Diplôme d ’ Etudes Approfondies ès Sciences de Gestion (advanced postgraduate diploma in management sciences), University of Lille (59), France. Option: analysis, diagnosis, and evolution of companies.

1985: Maîtrise ès Sciences Économiques (master’s degree in economics), University of Amiens (80), France. Option: Business and administration management.

1980–1984: Diplôme d ’ études universitaires générales (DEUG) and Licence ès Sciences É conomiques (university diploma and bachelor’s degree in economics), University of Amiens (80), France.

1979: Baccalauréat, Série B, My Ismaël High School, Meknès, Morocco.

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

United Nations expert since 2003, member of the Committee on Migrant Workers, Chairperson of the Committee since 2008.

Participation in preparation for the meetings of the Global Forum on Migration and Development in Puerto Vallarta (2010) and Athens (2009).

Speeches before the 64th and 65th sessions of the General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New York, and an oral presentation describing the activities of the Committee on Migrant Workers.

Coordinator of capacity-building programmes for governments in North and West Africa on managing migratory flows, in conjunction with the International Labour Organization (2009 and 2010).

AIDE Fédération/United Nations: 2006, joint organization and moderation of the international conference on progress towards and obstacles to the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, Geneva.

European Commission: 2002–2005, Head of Mission, programme on structuring the movement of persons between Morocco and the European Union, definition and preparation of programmes in Brussels, Madrid, Paris, Rabat, Tangier, Meknès and elsewhere.

Moroccan Consultative Council on Human Rights: 2007, member; member of the working group on migration of the Moroccan Consultative Council on Human Rights, responsible for preparing draft directives on a Moroccan immigration policy for the King of Morocco; organizer of a comprehensive round of consultations in Morocco and in several countries hosting Moroccan immigrants; Rabat and countries on the five continents.

Joint organizer of the Euro-Mediterranean Civil Forum, 2000–2006, with responsibility for the migration theme: organization and design of the Forum, selection of speakers, recommendations, follow-up, etc., in Marseille, Brussels, Naples, Valencia, Luxembourg and Marrakech.

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

2005–2010: Several reports on migration policy: the management of migration flows, global and regional migration governance, return policies, training and the social and vocational integration of migrants, migrant domestic workers, the rights of migrants in detention, the education of migrant children.

2004–2005: Report on migrants’ role in cooperation between the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States and the European Union, for the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

2003–2004: Report on structuring the movement of persons between Morocco and the European Union, for the European Commission.

2002–2003: City of Paris local plan for the integration of foreigners.

2000–2006: Reports of the migration workshops of the Euromed Civil Forums from 2000 to 2006.

2003: Methodological report on creating mechanisms for training and integrating migrant communities, for the Social Welfare Fund.

Several pilot reports on numerous European programmes concerning social exclusion, disadvantaged populations, migrant populations, and new populations.

Organized meetings and symposiums on subjects related to training, immigration, interculturalism, civil society, the rule of law, and joint development;

Papers for a number of seminars on the topic of migration, development and human rights.

Khedidja Ladjel (Algeria)

[Original: French]

Date and place of birth 6 January 1959, Sétif, Algeria

Working languages French, Arabic, English, Spanish

Current position/function

1 – Director-General for the Family, the Status of Women and Social Cohesion, within the Ministry for National Solidarity, the Family and the Status of Women

2 – Chair of:

The national monitoring committee for the national strategy to combat violence against women;

The national committee to design a structural and organizational framework for the implementation of the Charter for Working Women;

The national coordinating committee for the African Women’s Decade;

The national committee for the protection and development of children;

The national committee for the well-being of older persons.

3 – Member of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

Main professional activities

Responsible for:

Defining aspects of national policy for the promotion of the family, the autonomy of women, the protection of older persons, and the protection of children and adolescents;

Designing and launching programmes to reduce social inequalities and preserve social cohesion, using an intersectoral cross-cutting approach;

Launching and monitoring bilateral cooperation programmes between States and such United Nations agencies as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and UN-Women;

Introducing legislative and regulatory texts related to the family, women, older persons and children,

Proposing studies for a better understanding of the field;

Setting up gender-specific databases on the family and family members.

Educational background

Diplômée de l ’ Ecole Nationale d ’ Administration, Option Economie et Finances (Graduate of the National School of Administration, Economics and Finance option), Algiers, June 1981;

M agister, obtenu à l ’ Université d ’ Alger 2, Faculté des sciences sociales et humaines, option changement social (Master’s degree from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Algiers, Social Change option). Thesis: “La société, la famille et le jeune face à l’émigration clandestine par voie maritime sur la période 2007–2009”, (Society, the family and youth, and illegal migration by sea — 2007–2009): Honourable mention, April 2011;

Thèse de doctorat en cours de préparation à l ’ Université d ’ Alger 2, Faculté des sciences sociales et humaines, option changement social (Doctoral thesis in progress at the University of Algiers 2, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Social Change option) on the topic of promotion and protection of the rights of Algerian women in light of article 31 bis of the Constitution.

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

Participation in social change research Labouratories, Migration option, University of Algiers 2, as a member;

Member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child – Committee on Migrant Workers focus group on migrant children.

List of most recent publications in the field of m igration and h uman r ights

“Les mineurs isolés algériens dans les pays de la rive sud de la méditerranée”, (Unaccompanied Algerian children in countries on the southern shore of the Mediterranean), near completion;

Rapport sectoriel 2014 au titre du rapport national sur les Droits de l’Homme (2014 sectoral report for the national human rights report), 2015;

“La protection des enfants en danger moral au moyen notamment du travail social de proximité” (Community social work for the protection of children at moral risk), 2014;

“Du mouvement de libération féminin comme revendication syndicale au genre comme différenciation sociale des rôles” (From women’s liberation as a trade union movement to gender as the social differentiation of roles), 2014;

“Le mariage est un contrat” (Marriage is a contract), 2014;

“Les mots clés de l’autonomisation de la femme” (Key words for the autonomy of women) (2013);

“Le droit de l’enfant privé de famille à un projet de vie” (The right of children without families to have a life plan), 2013.

María Landázuri De Mora (Ecuador)

[Original: Spanish]

Date and place of birth 12 September 1973, Quito, Ecuador.

Working language Spanish

Current position/function

Deputy Minister of Human Mobility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2013 to present), the highest migration authority in Ecuador, responsible for guiding migration policy, developing strategies to protect and assist the Ecuadorian migrant community abroad in defending their rights and obtaining assistance in their countries of residence, and to defend those same rights for citizens of other countries residing in Ecuador.

Main professional activities:

As a member of the diplomatic corps since 2013, she has concentrated on the area of planning, overseeing operational and strategic plans for the Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2011; appointed to the Evaluation Committee for diplomatic missions abroad, she was responsible, in 2012, for visits, interviews and reporting on integrated management and the results and impact of the work of diplomatic staff. In 2013, she was the Director of Consular Affairs and Services – the office that designed the procedure for assistance and protection to Ecuadorian migrants in vulnerable situations (which receives direct support from the Ecuadorian Government in the form of human and material resources) and that generated a plan under which Ecuadorian consulates and embassies would oversee the interests of Ecuadorians abroad by working with the Governments of the countries of residence.

Educational background

Ingeniera Comercial en Administración de Empresas (commercial engineer in business management), 2000; Magíster en Políticas Públicas y Gestión para el Desarrollo (master’s degree in public policy and development management), Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLASCO), Ecuador, 2012; specialized diploma courses: human rights, Chile, 2002; human mobility, Ecuador, 2012; gender and diversity, Ecuador, 2011; and social and economic diplomacy, China, 2013.

Other main activities in the field relevant to th e mandate of the Committee on Migrant W orkers

She has guided the effective implementation, in Ecuador, of the observations of the Committee on Migrant Workers. She chaired the third Meeting on Migration of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), as representative of the host country, jointly with Costa Rica, Pro Tempore President, in October 2014. At that meeting, the Government of Ecuador invoked the need for a comprehensive protocol for the protection of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents so as to ensure their safety and their rights – a proposal that was adopted unanimously. In 2015, she is responsible for leading the Working Group on South American Citizenship, and firming up regional resolutions for enhancing integration and facilitating the movement of persons.

List of most recen t publications in the field of migration and human r ights

None.

Marco Alberto Núñez-Melgar Maguiña (Peru)

[Original: Spanish]

Date and place of birth 30 April 1951, Lima, Peru

Working languages Spanish

Current position/function

Consul General of Peru in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Member of the Committee for the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (2012–2015)

Main professional activities

He has held a number of posts, including: Chief of Staff to the Secretary-General of the Office of the President of the Republic; head of the Brazilian section in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director-General of the Department for the Rights of Peruvians Abroad.

He has held positions abroad, including Peruvian Consul in Rio Branco, Brazil, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. and Consul of Peru in Nicaragua; Consul General of Peru in Santiago, Chile. Currently he is Consul General of Peru in Buenos Aires, and the Head of Consular Services in Peru.

Educational background

Career diplomat at the ambassadorial level, graduate of the Diplomatic Academy of Peru;

Licenciado en Relaciones Internacionales (degree in international relations);

Licenciado en Sociología (degree in sociology); and

Magíster en Desarrollo y Defensa Nacional (master’s degree in development and national defence).

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

He completed his studies for the Maestría en Tratados Internacionales (master’s degree in international treaties), as well as a Diplomado en Negociaciones Internacionales (diploma in international negotiations) and a Diplomado en Conciliación (diploma in mediation). He was decorated as Commander of the Peruvian Order of the Sun in honour of his consular work in Santiago, Chile. He was also decorated, by the Government of the State of Acre, Brazil, as Commander of the Order of Rio Branco, in honour of his consular work on the border of Peru and Brazil. He has likewise been decorated by the consular corps of Nicaragua and the Consular Corps of Santiago, Chile, where he was elected Dean in two consecutive years.

He has given courses and lectures on various migration-related topics at universities in Peru and Chile as well as for a number of editions of the Inter-American Course on International Migration of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires.

Most recent publications in the field of migration and human rights

Mi Testimonio en Nicaragua (Witness in Nicaragua)

La Guía del Migrante (The migrant’s handbook); and

Las Migraciones Internacionales: Problemas o Posibilidades (International migration movements: problems or opportunities)

Germain Zong-Naba Pimé (Burkina Faso)

[Original: French]

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

Working language French

Current position/function

Human Rights Advisor, Regional Director of Human Rights and Civic Promotion in the Hauts-Bassins since 2010;

Member of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, Geneva, since January 2014;

Member of the Centre for Studies and Research on International Migration and Development (CERMID).

Main professional activities

Designing and implementing national policy for the promotion and defence of human rights;

Human rights, civics and democracy education;

Providing support to civil society organizations in activities related to the promotion and protection of human rights;

Providing support to the administrative districts and local authorities in the form of technical advice and human rights counselling;

Course director, Human rights and fundamental freedoms, Regional Institute of Public Administration.

Educational background

2012: Master de recherche en Droit public, spécialité Droit international et européen des Droits fondamentaux (master’s degree in public law, with a specialization in international and European human rights law), University of Nantes, France;

2009: Diplôme de Conseiller en droits humains (diploma in human rights counselling) from the National School of Administration and the Judiciary (ENAM) of Burkina Faso;

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

2002: Licence en sciences juridiques (degree in law), University of Ouagadougou.

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

Taking part in the formulation of the initial report of Burkina Faso under the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, presented in September 2013;

Conducting research on migration and human rights for a research master’s degree in international and European human rights law, 2012;

Facilitating conferences and training sessions on national human rights policy in Burkina Faso, on citizenship and human rights, and on the rights of children, women and migrants, inter alia.

List of most recen t publications in the field of migration and human r ights

2009: “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 the prison environment in Burkina Faso: the situation of juveniles in the Detention and Correctional Centre of Ouagadougou). Degree thesis, ENAM;

2012: “L’emprisonnement, ses alternatives et la protection des droits de l’enfant” (Alternatives to imprisonment and the protection of children’s rights), master’s thesis with a specialization in international and European human rights law.

Azad Taghi-Zada (Azerbaijan)

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

Working languages Azerbaijani (native), English, Russian, and Turkish

Current position/function

Currently member and Vice-Chairman of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

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

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

Main professional activities

As current member and elected Vice-Chairman of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, examines reports of States parties; attends inter-committee meetings, rapporteur for a number of different countries.

As head of the Department of actuarial calculations and analysis of living standards, 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, Doctor of Mathematics

1983–1985: Institute of Foreign Languages, English Literature faculty

Various courses and trainings on actuarial mathematics, demography and socioeconomic forecasting, including migration flows, etc.

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

Presentation on Globalization, Migration and Human Rights at the 2nd World Human Rights Forum in Marrakech, 2014.

Participates in the preparation of State Social Programmes in Azerbaijan and in preparation and monitoring of international projects, treaties and agreements in the field of social policy including social policy for migrant workers.

List of most recent publications in the field

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 socioeconomic situation, migration flows, etc.

Can Ünver (Turkey)

Date and place of birth 16 May 1954, Ankara

Working languages German and English

Current position/function

Retired as Director-General from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of the Republic of Turkey

Main professional activities

Chief of Department at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), Ankara and Special Adviser to the Minister, 1984–1985;

Member of Task Force “Problems of the Turkish Workers Abroad” at MLSS, Ankara, 1985;

Attaché of Labour and Social Security, Turkish Consulate General, Nuremberg, 1985–1990;

Director at the MLSS, Ankara, 1990–1991;

Counsellor at the Office of Prime Minister, (Dept. of Turkish Citizens Abroad), 1992–1993;

Attaché of Labour and Social Security, Turkish Consulate General, Hamburg, 1993–1998;

Deputy Director General of Services to Turkish Workers Abroad at the MLSS, Ankara, 2000;

Director General of Services to Turkish Workers Abroad at the MLSS, Ankara, 2000–2003;

Labour Counsellor at the Turkish Embassy, Berlin, 2003–2007.

Educational background

BA/MA: Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Faculty of Social Sciences (Depts. of Political Science, Communication and Turcology) 1975 Summer–1981 Summer (Magister Artium, Thesis: 1974–1979 Turkey’s Western Policies, Adv.: Prof. Dr. Peter J. OPITZ).

PhD: Hacettepe University, Institute for Ataturk’s Principles and History of Revolution (2003) (PhD Thesis: The Influence of Orientalism in Germany’s Turkey Policies, 19th and 20th Centuries, Adv.: Prof. Dr. Mustafa YILMAZ).

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

1985–1989, Member of Committee of Experts on the Application of European Convention on Social Security (SS-AC) at the Council of Europe; 1987-1989 Chairman of the Committee

1997–2000, Member of Working Party on Migration at the OECD

1985–2003, Participation at ILO Plenary Sessions and Committee Meetings

2002–2003, Part-time Lecturer at Bilkent University (Public Policy), Ankara

2004–… Member of Scientific Advisory Board at MiReKOC (Migration Research Centre at Koç University, Istanbul)

2010–2013, Director of the Migration Research Institute at TÜRKSAM (Turkish Strategic Research Centre, Ankara)

List of most recent publications in the field of migration and h uman r ights

Book chapter: “The Influence of Turkish Society in Germany in Shaping Economic and Political Relations between Germany and Turkey” (Ed.: İstanbul Turkish-German University), “Turkish-German Relations”. (To be published in 2015.);

Article: “The Changing Diaspora Politics of Turkey and Public Diplomacy”. Turkish-Policy Quarterly. Spring 2013. Vol 12. No. 1, pp. 181–189;

Article: “Current Discussions in the German Integration Debate. The Culturalist Vision vs. Social Equity?” ReMI. Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, 2006 (22) 3, pp. 23–38.