CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION ..................................................................... 1 Chapter I. OVERVIEW ........................................................................ 3 II. PARTICULARITIES OF THE PROCEDURES UNDER THE DIFFERENT TREATIES ........................................................... 13 A. Procedure under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ............................. 13 B. Procedure under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ........ 14 C. Procedure under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ................ 15 D. Procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women .................................................................... 17 E. Procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities .......................... 18 F. Procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ....... 19 G. Procedure under the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families ............................................. 20 H. Procedure under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights............. 21 I. Procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure... 22 III