SEANF Paper on Migrant Workers Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW). The SEANF strongly supports these initiatives of the UN High Commissioner. In this policy paper, the SEANF will first share its recommendations for the ASEAN Instrument being drafted by the Drafting Committee. Second, the SEANF will offer advice on ways for the newly established ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to be effectively involved in protecting and promoting the rights of migrant workers. Third, in its capacity as a Forum for its member NHRIs, the SEANF will propose national recommendations for each of the governments of the four countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand) in its membership. Finally, the SEANF will put forward ideas and proposals for its own engagement on these issues with the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF). The SEANF commends the APF for deciding at its 14th Annual Meeting (held in Jordan) to establish a Working Group on Migration and hopes that this paper will serve as an important input for the Working Group’s first meeting scheduled to take place in the first quarter of 2010. 12