CMW/C/PHL/CO/3 its case referral system regarding overseas Filipino workers in coordination with national human rights institutions in destination countries. Training on and dissemination of information about the Convention 21. The Committee notes the measures taken by the State party to disseminate information and provide training to stakeholders responsible for protecting the rights of migrant workers. The Committee is concerned that efforts to provide training on the Convention to all relevant stakeholders, including to migrant workers themselves, remain insufficient. 22. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Evaluate, improve and expand education and training programmes on the rights enshrined in the Convention and in related domestic legislation, with a view to establishing them as ongoing programmes that adopt a gender perspective; such programmes should target all public institutions for awareness-raising purposes and should be compulsory for staff at institutions responsible for matters relating to migration, including law enforcement and border authorities, judges, prosecutors and local authorities; (b) Increase its cooperation with universities, civil society organizations and the media to disseminate information about the Convention and encourage migrant workers and members of their families, particularly those residing in remote areas such as the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, from where many migrant domestic workers originate, to pursue remedies for violation of their Convention rights. Corruption 23. The Committee notes with concern allegations made against government officials relating to irregularities in recruitment processes to circumvent age criteria for certain visa categories, including through the issuance of false birth certificates and passports. 24. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Operationalize the Migrant Workers Administrative Complaints Committee, mandated to investigate and punish officials violating the rights of migrant workers, ensuring that it has the mandate and the resources to investigate all cases of corruption effectively and thoroughly, both domestically and at its foreign service posts, and that the individuals responsible are appropriately sanctioned; (b) Encourage migrant workers and members of their families reporting alleged corruption to avail themselves of protection from reprisals; (c) Provide, in its next periodic report, statistical information on investigations carried out and sanctions imposed against officials accused of corruption in the performance of their responsibilities relating to the Convention. 2. General principles (arts. 7 and 83) Non-discrimination 25. The Committee regrets the absence of any inquiry into the intersection between groups facing multiple forms of discrimination and trends in the profile of individuals migrating for work, both those in regular and irregular situations, and in skilled and unskilled labour. 26. The Committee recalls its previous recommendations,10 and recommends that the State party conduct an analysis into migration trends to identify the personal and situational characteristics of migrant workers, both those in regular and irregular situations, and in skilled and unskilled labour, and that the State party use the findings to revise its legislative and policy measures to ensure that all migrant workers and members of their families within the territory or subject to its jurisdiction, regardless 10 GE.23-08778 CMW/C/PHL/CO/2, paras. 11 and 23. 5

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