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Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women
and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime;
(e)
of Iran;
From 22 to 29 February she paid an official visit to the Islamic Republic
(f) On 1 March she participated in a thematic discussion on non-citizens and
racial discrimination, organized by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination. The purpose of the meeting was to continue with the drafting of the
revised general recommendation on non-citizens;
(g) On 2 March, she was invited to participate in the first session of the
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of
Their Families. The Special Rapporteur and members of the Committee decided to
remain in regular contact, which would enable them to exchange views on particular
subjects and to coordinate the work of both mechanisms;
(h) From 5 to 8 April, the Special Rapporteur presented her fifth report to the
Commission on Human Rights at its sixtieth session. The report focused on the
living, working and employment conditions of migrant domestic workers. There are
four addenda to the report, containing details of communications with Governments
and reports on the visits to Spain, Morocco and the Islamic Republic of Iran. On
6 April, the Special Rapporteur took part in a panel discussion on the human rights
of migrants organized by Migrants Rights International, Migrant Forum in Asia and
RESPECT: European Network of Migrant Domestic Workers. On 7 April she
organized an information meeting on the content of her annual report for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) attending the sixtieth session of the
Commission. On 8 April she took part in a panel discussion entitled “Labour
migration and human rights”, organized by the Steering Committee of the Global
Campaign for the Ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of
the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families;
(i) From 13 to 15 April she travelled to Barcelona, Spain, at the invitation of
Observatori DESC, to make a public presentation of her report on the visit to Spain
at the Faculty of Law of Pompeu Fabra University. The Special Rapporteur met
authorities of the Catalan Autonomous Community and representatives of civil
society;
(j) From 17 to 21 May, she participated in the Ninth Meeting of the
Regional Conference on Migration, held in Panama City. The meeting was attended
by the Vice Ministers of Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and the United States
of America;
(k) From 9 to 18 June, she paid an official visit to Italy, on which the Special
Rapporteur will report to the Commission on Human Rights at its next session;
(l) From 21 to 25 June, she participated in the eleventh annual meeting of
special rapporteurs/representatives, independent experts and chairpersons of
working groups of the special procedures of the Commission on Human Rights. The
meeting adopted, inter alia, a joint statement on the human rights of migrants (see
E/CN.4/2005/5, annex I);
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