Committee on Migrant Workers - Meeting of States Parties

BIOGRAPHICAL DATA OF THE NOMINEES, AS FURNISHED BY THE STATES PARTIES CONCERNED

Mr. Mehmet SEVIM (Turkey)

Name and first name : SEVIM Mehmet

Date and place of birth : 5 June 1964 , Dördivan , TURKEY

Working languages : English

Current position/function :

- Expert for External Relations and Services for Workers Abroad at Ministry of Labour and Social Security, General Directorate of External Relations and Services for Workers Abroad

- Working on the issues of the UN, Council of Europe, OECD, ILO, OSCE and other bilateral and multilateral instruments on social policy as well as rights of migrants.

Main professional activities :

- Management personnel of a company at private sector (1987-1989)

- Deputy Attaché for Labour and Social Security, Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey in Deventer (The Netherlands ) (1993-1997)

- Expert for External Relations and Services for Workers Abroad, Ministry of Labour and Social Security General Directorate of External Relations and Services for Workers Abroad (1997-2001)

- Attaché for Labour and Social Security, Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey in Rotterdam (The Netherlands ) (2001-2005)

- Expert for External Relations and Services for Workers Abroad, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, General Directorate of External Relations and Services for Workers Abroad (2005 - ).

Educational background :

- Middle East Technical University

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Political Sciences and Public Administration.

- Various programs in the field of social policy, rights of migrants, bilateral and

multilateral instruments of UN, ILO, Council of Europe and European Union.

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of treaty body concerned :

As a labour and social security attaché, I was responsible for protecting and developing the rights of Turkish migrants within the territory of hosting country or the rights arising from previous employment abroad of emigrated Turks within the framework of the bilateral or multilateral agreements including the UN, Council of Europe, the ILO instruments as well as the agreements made between Turkey and the EU, in the fields of human rights, rights of migrants, labour and social security. Indeed, during my period of eight years employment as labour and social security attaché, I have gained the experience on various aspects of migrants and emigrants' problems, rights and obligations. By the means of such international instruments, I have also defended their rights, including before the national courts, during this period.

List of most recent publications in the field: