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States Parties shall take measures not less favourable than those applied to nationals to ensure that
working and living conditions of migrant workers and members of their families in a regular situation
are in keeping with the standards of fitness, safety, health and principles of human dignity.
Article 71
1. States Parties shall facilitate, whenever necessary, the repatriation to the State of origin of the
bodies of deceased migrant workers or members of their families.
2. As regards compensation matters relating to the death of a migrant worker or a member of his or
her family, States Parties shall, as appropriate, provide assistance to the persons concerned with a
view to the prompt settlement of such matters. Settlement of these matters shall be carried out on the
basis of applicable national law in accordance with the provisions of the present Convention and any
relevant bilateral or multilateral agreements.
Part VII: Application of the Convention
Article 72
1.
(a) For the purpose of reviewing the application of the present Convention, there shall be established a
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
(hereinafter referred to as "the Committee");
(b) The Committee shall consist, at the time of entry into force of the present Convention, of ten and,
after the entry into force of the Convention for the forty-first State Party, of fourteen experts of high
moral standing, impartiality and recognized competence in the field covered by the Convention.
2.
(a) Members of the Committee shall be elected by secret ballot by the States Parties from a list of
persons nominated by the States Parties, due consideration being given to equitable geographical
distribution, including both States of origin and States of employment, and to the representation of the
principal legal systems. Each State Party may nominate one person from among its own nationals;
(b) Members shall be elected and shall serve in their personal capacity.
3. The initial election shall be held no later than six months after the date of the entry into force of the
present Convention and subsequent elections every second year. At least four months before the date
of each election, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall address a letter to all States Parties
inviting them to submit their nominations within two months. The Secretary-General shall prepare a
list in alphabetical order of all persons thus nominated, indicating the States Parties that have
nominated them, and shall submit it to the States Parties not later than one month before the date of
the corresponding election, together with the curricula vitae of the persons thus nominated.
4. Elections of members of the Committee shall be held at a meeting of States Parties convened by the
Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters. At that meeting, for which two thirds of the States
Parties shall constitute a quorum, the persons elected to the Committee shall be those nominees who
obtain the largest number of votes and an absolute majority of the votes of the States Parties present
and voting.
5.
(a) The members of the Committee shall serve for a term of four years. However, the terms of five of
the members elected in the first election shall expire at the end of two years; immediately after the
first election, the names of these five members shall be chosen by lot by the Chairman of the meeting
of States Parties;