The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families has decided to elaborate General Comment No. 5 on Migrants’ Rights to Liberty and Freedom from Arbitrary Detention. This is a critical opportunity to provide input and feedback on fundamental human rights issues. The Committee invites all stakeholders to provide inputs to this initiative through a questionnaire by 1 April 2019 (see below).
Responses to the questionnaire should be sent electronically in Word format to the email: cmw@ohchr.org indicating "Submission for General Comment on Migrants" Right to Liberty” in the subject heading.
Submissions should not exceed 10 pages. Written submissions will not be translated and should preferably be submitted in English. Submissions in French and Spanish will also be accepted.
All submissions will be posted on the webpage of the Committee unless explicitly indicated to the contrary.