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The Committee on the Protection of the Rights
of All Migrant Workers and Members of their
Families (CMW) is the body of independent
experts that monitors implementation of the
International Convention on the Protection of
the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members
of Their Families by its State parties. It is the
newest treaty body which held its first sessionAll States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially one year after acceding to the Convention and then every five years. The Committee will examine each report and address its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of “concluding observations”. The Committee will also, under certain circumstance, be able to consider individual complaints or communications from individuals claiming that their rights under the Convention have been violated once 10 States parties have accepted this procedure in accordance with article 77 of the Convention. The Committee meets in Geneva and normally holds one session per year. The Committee will also publish its interpretation of the content of human rights provisions, known as general comments on thematic issues.CMW