15. A Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has the mandate to receive reports from States on the measures adopted to implement the ICESCR,9 to adopt General Comments, and since 2013 to receive and examine communications if the State has ratified the Optional Protocol. D. Specific Issue Human Rights Treaties 16. A number of other human rights treaties have been adopted under the UN which cover certain themes, each with their own Committee:    Torture (UNCAT)10 and the Committee Against Torture (CAT). The State of Palestine is a party to this treaty. An Optional Protocol to the Convention (OPCAT) provides for international and national monitoring bodies to visit places of detention to prevent torture. The State of Palestine has yet to ratify this Protocol; Enforced disappearances (ICCPED) and the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED). The State of Palestine is not yet a party to this treaty; Genocide (the Genocide Convention). The State of Palestine is a party to this treaty.11 17. Other instruments have been adopted to protect especially vulnerable populations or classes of persons, such as:      Racism (ICERD)12 and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The State of Palestine is a party; Disabled persons (CRPD),13 and its Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The State of Palestine is a party; Migrant workers and their families. The State of Palestine is not a party;14 Women (CEDAW);15 and its Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. The State of Palestine is a party; Children (UNCRC)16 and its Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The State of Palestine is also a party to this treaty. 9 Article 16(1) ICESCR. The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984. The State of Palestine acceded on 2nd April 2014. 11 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948. The State of Palestine acceded on 2nd April 2014. 12 The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,1966 (CERD). The State of Palestine acceded on 2nd April 2014. 13 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006. The State of Palestine acceded on 2 nd April 2014. 14 Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and their Family Members, 1990. This has not been signed or ratified by the State of Palestine. 15 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 (CEDAW). The State of Palestine acceded on 2nd April 2014. 16 Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 (CRC). The State of Palestine acceded on 2nd April 2014. 10 12