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Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers publishes findings on Mauritania, Lesotho, Senegal and Turkey

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 25, 2016/APO (African Press Organization)/ --

The UN Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers has published it finding on the countries it examined during its latest session from 11 to 22 April: Mauritania, Lesotho, Senegal and Turkey.  

They are among the 48 States Parties to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. They are required to submit regular reports to the Committee, which is composed of 14 international independent human rights experts.

The findings, officially termed concluding observations, contain positive aspects of how the respective State is doing with regard to implementation of the Convention and also main matters of concern and recommendations.

The concluding observations can be found here:  http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=1044&Lang=en

The CMW will next meet from 29 August to 7 September when it is due to review Honduras, Nicaragua, Niger and Sri Lanka:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=1046&Lang=en

 

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