Committee on Migrant Workers

Day of General Discussion on the role of migration statistics for treaty reporting
and migration policies

22 April 2013
Palais Wilson, Geneva

General documentation:

> Programme
> Registration form
> Guidelines for participants
> Background note
> Concept paper: E | F | S
> Summary - Committee on Migrant Workers discusses role of migration statistics for treaty reporting and migration policies

Statement:

Welcoming Remarks by Mr. Abdelhamid El Jamri, Chair of the CMW Committee

Opening Remarks by Mr. Craig Mokhiber, Chief, Development and Economic and Social Issues Branch, RRDD, OHCHR (Moderator)

Keynote speakers' presentations:

> Ms. Miriam Chaves, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations Office in Geneva

>Mr. Nicolas Fasel, Human Rights Officer, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

> Ms. Khedidja Ladjel, Member of the Committee for the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

> Dr. Martin Ruhs, University Lecturer in Political Economy, Oxford University Department for Continuing Education, Senior Research Fellow, Kellogg College, University of Oxford

> Mr. Patrick Taran, President, Global Migration Policy Associates

> Ms. Yoshie Noguchi, Senior Legal Specialist, International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), International Labour Organization

> Dr. Frank Laczko, Head, Migration Research Division, International Organization for Migration

> Ms. Michele Levoy, Director, Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
    > Submission by PICUM

> Mr. Jason Schachter, Statistician and Focal Point on Migration Statistics, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

> Mr. Sebastian Baumeister, Expert (Migrant Smuggling Analyst), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific

The views expressed in the submissions online are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Committee.

> Closing Remarks by Mr. Azad Taghizade, Vice-Chair of the CMW Committee