The CSPD’s aim was to enable civil society engaging in the IMRF to be fully and adequately prepared to enter the deliberations in a unified and organised manner. It represented the culmination of a year-long process of civil society preparatory sessions, advocacy dialogues, and consultations. In addition to identifying gaps in GCM Read more
Global civil society has responded with both relief and disappointment to UN Member States’ consensus approval of the formal outcome of the first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) on 17–20 May that assessed implementation of the Global Compact for Migration.
Civil society representative Colin Rajah and migrant representative Elana Wong delivered statements at the 19 May opening session of the IMRF, ahead of government discussions on the implementation of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM).
Conditions for migrants must serve as the benchmark to measure progress in implementing the Global Compact for Migration, non-governmental stakeholders emphasized at an informal hearing on the eve of the International Migration Review Forum.
At the IMRF on 17–20 May, global civil society will stress its key role in future successful implementation of the Global Compact on Migration as representatives highlight issues arising from direct work with migrants.
Global civil society representatives gather in New York and online to look back on four years of implementing the Global Compact for Migration (GCM), ahead of the IMRF taking place on 17-20 May.
Civil Society Action Committee coordinator Colin Rajah reflects on four years of the Global Compact for Migration implementation, the participation of civil society, and expectations and priorities for the first International Migration Review Forum, which begins on Tuesday, 17 May, at the UN in New York.
The preparatory phase of civil society engagement ahead of the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) is reaching its climax! Below we collected a roundup of civil society consultations and events in preparation for and in parallel with the Forum that will take place from 17 – 20 May 2022.
The Civil Society Action Committee will culminate its year-long preparatory process to the IMRF with a self-organized, open Civil Society Preparatory Day that will take place on Sunday, 15 May 2022. This preparatory meeting, open to all civil society, aims to share and consolidate the key civil society joint inputs and points of Read more
On Tuesday 15 March 2022, the Civil Society Action Committee, alongside many of its member and partner organizations, submitted an Open Letter to the President of the General Assembly, to express our concerns on the shrinking space for civil society in the UN in general, and calling for meaningful participation in the Read more