MIGRANT WORKERS: Treaty body seeks comments on draft General Comment

Summary: The Committee on Migrant Workers is seeking comments on its draft General Comment No. 2 on the rights of migrant workers in an irregular situation and members of their families.

At its 17th session, the Committee held a discussion on its draft general comment No. 2 on the rights of migrant workers in an irregular situation and members of their families, and decided to post it on the Committee’s website so as to enable external stakeholders to submit comments on the draft.

Please find the text of draft general comment No. 2 below.

The posting period for the draft general comment No. 2 is until 13 January 2013. Any comments should be submitted by then to the Secretariat of the Committee at: [email protected]

Please note that in order to ensure that comments can be taken into consideration in an efficient manner, external stakeholders are requested to submit concrete (re-)drafting proposals in track changes based on the Word versions below.

In addition, external stakeholders may submit written observations or information which, subject to their consent, will be published on the Committee’s website.

Read the draft text:

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Further Information

pdf: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/GC2.htm

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