Committee on Migrant Workers

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UN expert body United Nations treaty body human rights treaty body

The Committee on Migrant Workers is a United Nations expert body that monitors implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families	4
Committee on Migrant Workers canonical	3
UN Committee on Migrant Workers	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T337136 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee on Migrant Workers
Context triple: [United Nations treaty bodies, includes, Committee on Migrant Workers]

A. Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights
The Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights is a Chicago City Council body that focuses on policies, protections, and services affecting immigrants and refugees in the city.
B. Human Rights Protection Committee
The Human Rights Protection Committee is a specialized body within the Japan Federation of Bar Associations that investigates, addresses, and advocates against human rights violations in Japan.
C. Committee on Workforce Development
The Committee on Workforce Development is a Chicago City Council body that focuses on policies and programs related to job creation, employment training, and workforce initiatives in the city.
D. Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme
The Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme is the main intergovernmental body that oversees and advises the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on international protection and the organization’s policies and programs for refugees and other displaced people.
E. International Organization for Migration
The International Organization for Migration is a leading intergovernmental body that works globally to promote humane and orderly migration for the benefit of migrants and societies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee on Migrant Workers
Target entity description: The Committee on Migrant Workers is a United Nations expert body that monitors implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

A. Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights
The Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights is a Chicago City Council body that focuses on policies, protections, and services affecting immigrants and refugees in the city.
B. Human Rights Protection Committee
The Human Rights Protection Committee is a specialized body within the Japan Federation of Bar Associations that investigates, addresses, and advocates against human rights violations in Japan.
C. Committee on Workforce Development
The Committee on Workforce Development is a Chicago City Council body that focuses on policies and programs related to job creation, employment training, and workforce initiatives in the city.
D. Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme
The Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme is the main intergovernmental body that oversees and advises the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on international protection and the organization’s policies and programs for refugees and other displaced people.
E. International Organization for Migration
The International Organization for Migration is a leading intergovernmental body that works globally to promote humane and orderly migration for the benefit of migrants and societies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UN expert body ⓘ United Nations treaty body ⓘ human rights treaty body ⓘ
abbreviation	CMW ⓘ
adopts	concluding observations ⓘ general comments ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	UN Committee on Migrant Workers ⓘ linked to: Committee on Migrant Workers
cooperatesWith	other UN human rights treaty bodies ⓘ special procedures of the Human Rights Council ⓘ
countryOfHeadquarters	Switzerland ⓘ
elects	Chairperson of the Committee on Migrant Workers ⓘ Rapporteur of the Committee on Migrant Workers ⓘ Vice-Chairpersons of the Committee on Migrant Workers ⓘ
engagesWith	States parties to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families ⓘ civil society organizations ⓘ national human rights institutions ⓘ
establishedBy	International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families ⓘ United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
focusesOn	rights of members of migrant workers' families ⓘ rights of migrant workers ⓘ
fullName	Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families ⓘ linked to: Committee on Migrant Workers
hasMandate	promote and protect the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	14 ⓘ
hasWorkingLanguages	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
holds	regular sessions ⓘ
locatedIn	Geneva ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
membersAre	independent experts ⓘ
membersServeIn	personal capacity ⓘ
monitorsImplementationOf	International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families ⓘ
parentOrganization	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ
partOf	United Nations ⓘ United Nations human rights treaty body system ⓘ linked to: United Nations treaty bodies
primaryFunction	monitor implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families ⓘ
receives	state party reports ⓘ
reportsTo	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
sessionLocation	Geneva ⓘ
shortName	Committee on Migrant Workers ⓘ
subjectArea	international human rights law ⓘ migration ⓘ
treatyMonitored	International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families ⓘ
website	https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/cmw ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations treaty bodies → includes → Committee on Migrant Workers ⓘ

United Nations human rights system → monitoredBy → Committee on Migrant Workers ⓘ

Committee on Migrant Workers → fullName → Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families ⓘ