COMPILATION OF GUIDELINES ON THE FORM AND CONTENT OF REPORTS To be submitted by States Parties to the International Human Rights Treaties HRI/GEN/2/Rev.2/Add.1 6 May 2005 Addendum This document contains the Provisional Guidelines regarding the form and contents of initial reports to be submitted by States parties under article 73 of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families GE.05-41517 INTRODUCTION 1. Article 73 of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families provides that States parties undertake to submit to the Secretary General of the United Nations for consideration by the Committee a report on the measures they have taken to give effect to the provisions of the Convention. The Committee has agreed to the following guidelines in order to give indications to States parties on the form and contents of their initial reports. 2. Those States parties whose initial reports are already in preparation at the time of transmittal of these guidelines can complete and submit their report to the Committee even if the report has not been prepared in conformity with the present guidelines. PART I. INFORMATION OF A GENERAL NATURE 3. This part should: a) Describe the constitutional, legislative, judicial and administrative framework governing the implementation of the Convention, and any bilateral, regional or multilateral agreements in the field of migration entered into by the reporting State party. b) Provide quantitative and qualitative information, as disaggregated as possible, on the characteristics and nature of the migration flows (immigration, transit and emigration) in which the State party concerned is involved. c) Describe the actual situation as regards the practical implementation of the Convention in the reporting State and indicate the circumstances affecting the fulfillment of the obligations of the reporting State under the Convention. d) Include information on the measures taken by the State party for the dissemination and promotion of the Convention and on the cooperation with civil society in order to promote and respect the rights contained in the Convention. PART II. INFORMATION IN RELATION TO EACH OF THE ARTICLES OF THE CONVENTION 4. This part should provide specific information relating to the implementation by the reporting State of the Convention, in accordance with the sequences of the articles and their respective provisions. In order to facilitate the reporting procedure for the States parties, the information may be provided per clusters of articles as follows: 40