International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

A/RES/59/262View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 105a Implementation of human rights instruments, published in 2005.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 1991–2005

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2005	A/RES/59/262	International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families	798	30%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/166	International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families	761	85%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/201	International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families	772	75%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/145	International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families	675	96%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/88	International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families	683	88%Compare

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 2	Supporting human rights treaty bodies	28

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 2	Supporting human rights treaty bodies	28	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2003

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2003	A/58/221	Status of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/57/201

What subjects does this mandate have?

16 subjects

Advisory Services Conference Facilities Declarations Human Rights Monitoring Information Dissemination Intergovernmental Organizations International Migration Migrant Workers Migrant Workers' Families Non-Governmental Organizations Periodic Reports Report Preparation Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Technical Cooperation Treaties Treaty-Monitoring Bodies

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the increasing number of signatures, ratifications or accessions to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, calls upon States parties to undertake the necessary measures for the implementation of the Convention, and takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention;⁴

⁴A/59/328.

Calls upon all Member States that have not yet done so to consider urgently signing and ratifying or acceding to the Convention, with the aim of achieving a broader participation by Member States in the Convention;

Welcomes the establishment of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, as well as the report on its first session, held in Geneva from 1 to 5 March 2004,⁵ and takes note of the rules of procedure adopted by the Committee;⁶

⁵Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 48 (A/59/48).

⁶Ibid., annex IV.

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide all the necessary facilities and assistance for the effective functioning of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, making efficient use of available resources;

Invites the Committee to take into account the work done by other human rights treaty bodies and special procedures of the Commission on Human Rights to promote and protect the human rights of migrant workers, as well as the work of other international forums and other parts of the United Nations system in addressing issues of international migration;

Also invites the Committee to take into account the efforts by the other human rights treaty bodies and the Secretary-General aimed at improving the effectiveness of the treaty body system;

Calls upon States parties to the Convention to submit in due time their first periodic report, as requested in article 73 of the Convention;

Invites States parties to the Convention to consider making the declarations foreseen in articles 76 and 77 of the Convention;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide all the facilities and assistance necessary for the active promotion of the Convention through the programme of advisory services and technical cooperation in the field of human rights;

Welcomes the increasing activities undertaken by the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to disseminate information on and promote understanding of the importance of the Convention, and invites them to intensify further their efforts in this regard;

Also welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the human rights of migrants in relation to the Convention, and encourages her to persevere in her efforts;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report on the status of the Convention and on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session.

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