COMMITTEE ON MIGRANT WORKERS

Sixth meeting of States parties to the Convention on Migrant Workers in order to elect seven members of the Migrant Workers Committee

The sixth meeting of States parties to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (ICRMW) will be held on Thursday, 30 May 2013, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The purpose of the meeting is to elect 7 members of the Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) to replace those whose terms of office will expire on 31 December 2013.

Members are elected for a term of four years by States parties in accordance with article 72 of the Convention. Members serve in their personal capacity and may be re-elected if renominated.

States parties to the Convention have been invited to nominate their candidates by 28 February 2013.

Documents

CMW/SP/3: Provisional Rules of Procedure

A C E F R S

CMW/SP/12: Provisional agenda

A C E F R S

CMW/SP/13: Note of the Secretary General including the biographical data of nominees

A C E F R S

CMW/SP/13/Add.1: Addendum

E F S

Statement by the Chair of CMW Committee E
Summary of Elections E

The candidates and their CVs as submitted by the States parties:


Name

Nominated by

Nomination received

Mr. Prasad KARIYAWASAM

Sri Lanka

18/01/2013

Ms. Salomé CASTELLANOS DELGADO

Honduras

08/02/2013

Mr. Ahmadou TALL

Senegal

20/02/2013

Ms. Fatoumata Abdourhamane DICKO

Mali

21/02/2013

Mr. Tamerlan. R. IBRAIMOV

Kyrgyz Republic

21/02/2013

Mr. Pablo CERIANI CERNADAS

Argentina

25/02/2013

Mr. José BRILLANTES

Philippines

25/02/2013

Mr. Sahidul HAQUE

Bangladesh

28/02/2013

Ms. Özlem HANÇER GÜNSEV

Turkey

28/02/2013


The composition of the Committee on Migrant Workers is now as follows:


Name

Nationality

Term Expires

Mr. José S. BRILLANTES

Philippines

31.12.2013

Mr. Francisco CARRIÓN MENA
(Vice-chairperson)

Ecuador

31.12.2015

Ms Fatoumata Abdourhamana DICKO

Mali

31.12.2013

Mr. Ahmed Hassan EL-BORAI

Egypt

31.12.2015

Mr. Abdelhamid EL JAMRI
(Chairperson)

Morocco

31.12.2015

Mr. Miguel Ángel IBARRA GONZALEZ

Guatemala

31.12.2013

Mr. Prasad KARIYAWASAM

Sri Lanka

31.12.2013

Ms. Khedidja LADJEL

Algeria

31.12.2015

Ms Andrea MILLER-STENNETT

Jamaica

31.12.2013

Mr. Marco NUÑEZ-MELGAR MAGUIÑA

Peru

31.12.2015

Mr. Germain ZONG-NABA PIME

Burkina Faso

31.12.2015

Mr. Mehmet SEVIM

Turkey

31.12.2013

Mr. Azad TAGHIZADE
(Vice-chairperson)

Azerbaijan

31.12.2015

Mr. Ahmadou TALL
(Rapporteur)

Senegal

31.12.2013

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Fact Sheet No.24
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Migration, human rights and governance - Handbook for Parliamentarians N° 24
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Situations of migrants in transit
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OHCHR’s recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights at International Borders
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Behind Closed Doors - Protecting and promoting the human rights of migrant domestic workers in an irregular situation
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Shining new light on the UN Migrant Workers Convention (Alan Desmond, 2018)
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