E..Inquiries....................................................................32 F.. Urgent action and urgent appeals to the General Assembly under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance......33 G.. Early warning and urgent action by the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination................34 H.. Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture.......................34 I.. Inter-State communications............................................35 J.. General comments......................................................36 K.. Days of general discussion/thematic debates...................37 L.. Meetings of State parties and meetings with State parties......................................................................37 M.. Coordination among the treaty bodies............................37 III.. DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY SYSTEM................................................................40 A.. The expansion of the human rights treaty system and the need for strengthening it...............................................40 B.. The role and interaction of civil society and national human rights institutions with the treaty body system...........43 C.. The contribution of the universal periodic review to the work of the treaty bodies..............................................44 D.. The contribution of the special procedures to the work of the treaty bodies.........................................................44 E.. More information about the United Nations human rights treaty system..............................................................45 Annexes II.. Glossary of technical terms related to the treaty bodies..............47 II.. How a State becomes a party to a treaty...............................58 IV