Day of General Discussion on Migrant Domestic Workers.

The full day of discussion will take place during the eleventh session of the Committee on Migrant Workers at the United Nations Office at Geneva (Palais Wilson) and is a public meeting at which government representatives, UN bodies and specialised agencies, intergovernmental organisations and non-governmental organisations are invited to participate.

The discussion is oriented towards four outcomes:

(1)   to assist the Committee in adopting a general comment on migrant domestic workers (MDW);

(2)   to assist the Committee in developing concrete recommendations in relation to the protection of the rights of migrant domestic workers, when examining reports of States Parties to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (ICRMW);

(3)   to provide input specific to domestic workers who are migrants to the debate at the 99^th session of the ILO’s International Labour Conference in 2010 which will discuss ‘Decent Work for Domestic Workers’ and consider the adoption of a new international instrument on domestic workers by 2011;

(4)   to promote greater consideration of the particular situation and rights of MDWs among participants in the multiple processes of the Global Forum on Migration and Development, including at its third convening in Athens the first week of November 2009.