decisions on cases brought under the complaints procedures. The Committee against Torture, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women have adopted formal follow-up procedures, and all committees require States to address follow-up in their periodic reports. Parliaments, the judiciary, NHRIs, NGOs and civil society, all have an important role to play in follow-up. General comment A treaty body’s interpretation of human rights treaty provisions, thematic issues or its methods of work. General comments often seek to clarify the reporting duties of State parties with respect to certain provisions and suggest approaches to implementing treaty provisions. Also called "general recommendation" (Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women). General recommendation See “general comment”. Human Rights Treaties Division Within OHCHR, the Human Rights Treaties Division provides secretariat support to all the treaty bodies and the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. It is based in Palais Wilson, Geneva. Individual communication See “individual complaint”. Individual complaint A formal complaint, from an individual who claims that her or his rights under one of the treaties have been violated by a State party, which most of the treaty bodies are competent to consider. The right of the treaty bodies to consider individual complaints must be expressly conceded by the State party concerned in one of three ways: (a) By making a declaration under the relevant article of the treaty (this procedure applies to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention against Torture and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families); 50