Witnessing the negative impact of xenophobia on the rights of migrants and their families, as well as on the societies in general, the United Nations Committee Against Racial Discrimination (CERD) and the United Nations Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Their Families (CMW) decided to develop two Joint General Comments/Recommendations on guidelines for eradicating xenophobia towards migrants and others perceived as such.

The joint general recommendation No. 39 (2025) of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and general comment No. 8 (2025) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families provides thematic guidelines for eradicating xenophobia towards migrants and others perceived as such and was adopted at the same time as joint general recommendation No. 38 (2025) of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and general comment No. 7 (2025) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

While the two joint general recommendations/general comments are stand-alone documents, they are designed to complement each other and should be read, interpreted and implemented together.

The Committee would like to thank all stakeholders for their inputs, which assisted the CERD and CMW Committees in the preparation of these general comments.