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Niger accedes to the Migrant Workers Convention
The accession of Niger to the Migrant Workers Convention on 18 March 2009 brings the total number of State Parties to the Convention to 41. Niger’s accession comes after recent inclusion of Paraguay (23 September 2008), Jamaica (25 September 2008) and Rwanda (15 December 2008).
 
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The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families entered into force in July 2003. Its main objective is to protect migrant workers and their families, a particularly vulnerable population, from exploitation and the violation of their human rights.

Niger has acceded to the Convention just before the 10th session of its monitoring body, the UN Committee on Migrant Workers. The session will take place in Geneva (Switzerland), from 20 April to 1 May 2009.

The Committee receives regular obligatory reports from States parties on how the rights covered by the Convention are being implemented. States report initially one year after acceding to the Convention and then every five years. The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of concluding observations.

In the 10th session, it will review the initial reports of Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia and the Philippines, and will adopt lists of issues on the reports from Algeria and Sri Lanka. The Committee is currently composed of 10 outside experts. Now that there are 41 State parties to the Convention, the number will be increased to 14 experts as from January 2010.

UNESCO advocates ratification of this convention by all States and disseminates information about this convention and other legal instruments concerning migrants.

Further information on the UN convention on migrant workers and their families can be found in our information kit. 

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Author(s) UNESCO
Publication Date 03-04-2009
Source UNESCO





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