GENEVA (23 March 2023) - The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) will hold its upcoming session from 27 March to 6 April, during which it will review Morocco, Nigeria, the Philippines and El Salvador. The four countries are among the 58 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 undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 14 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Convention. The Committee, which has received respective country reports as well as submissions from national human rights institutions and non-governmental organisations, will discuss a range of issues in public dialogues with the four State delegations on the following dates: Morocco 28 March 10:00 - 13:00 (Geneva time) 28 March 15:00 - 18:00 Nigeria 29 March 10:00 - 13:00 29 March 15:00 - 18:00 The Philippines 30 March 10:00 - 13:00 31 March 10:00 - 13:00 El Salvador 30 March 15:00 - 17:00 31 March 15:00 - 17:00 3 April 15:00 - 17:00 The above public dialogues will be held at Ground Floor Conference Room, Palais Wilson, Geneva. All public meetings are open to the accredited press and livecast on UN Web TV. More information about the session, including reports submitted by the States and the full schedule of meetings, is available on the session webpage. ENDS For media accreditation: Please apply online or contact press_geneva@un.org Accredited media attending public meetings at Palais Wilson, please register with: Vivian Kwok at vivian.kwok@un.org or UN Human Rights Office Media Section at ohchr-media@un.org Background The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families monitors States parties" adherence to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, which to date has 58 States parties. The Committee is made up of 14 members who are independent human rights experts drawn from around the world, who serve in their personal capacity and not as representatives of States parties. Learn more with our animations on the Treaty Body system and the Committee on Migrant Workers. Follow the UN Treaty Bodies on social media! We are on Twitter @UNTreatyBodies