contents Message from CHR Chairperson Loretta Ann P. Rosales Message from UNDP Country Director Maurice Dewulf Message from Center for Migrant Advocacy Executive Director Ellene Sana Introduction on the use of the Handbook 1 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families 13 2 Guidelines for the Periodic Reports 44 3 General Comment No. 1 on Migrant Domestic Workers 47 4 General Comment No. 2 on the Rights of Migrant Workers in an Irregular Situation and Members of their Families 58 5 Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 73 of the Convention Pursuant to the Simplified Reporting Procedure 79 Philippines’ 2nd Implementation Report on the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families 102 7 Philippine NGOs-Trade Unions Submission of Information 111 8 Migrant Forum in Asia Submission of Information 129 9 Joint Submission of Migrante International (MI) and the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) to the United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers 141 10 Preparing for the CMW Engagement 151 11 Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 74 of the Convention 155 12 Concluding Observations on the Second Periodic Report of the Philippines 164 13 Comments and Observations on the Advance Unedited Concluding Observations of the Committee on Migrant Workers 172 14 Way Forward, Follow Up 178 15 Mapping of Concluding Observations vis a vis Responsible Agencies 179 6