REPORTING TO THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES TRAINING GUIDE: Part I — Manual
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Treaty Body
Founding treaty
(or instrument)
Committee
on Migrant
Workers (CMW)
International
Convention on
the Protection of
the Rights of All
Migrant Workers
and Members
of Their Families
(ICRMW, 1990)
Committee on
the Rights of
Persons with
Disabilities
(CRPD)
Optional protocol(s) to
founding treaty
Functions of the Treaty Body
Number
of
experts
None
• Monitoring the
implementation of the treaty
by reviewing the State
parties’ reports (Art. 73)
• Considering individual
complaints (Art. 77). Not
yet operative
• Handling inter-State
complaints (Art. 76)
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International
Convention on
the Rights of
Persons with
Disabilities
(CRPD, 2006)
Optional Protocol to the
CRPD (CRPD-OP, 2008)
• Monitoring implementation
of the treaty by reviewing
the State parties’ reports
(Art. 35)
• Considering individual
complaints (OP)
• Conducting inquiries (OP)
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Committee
on Enforced
Disappearances
(CED)
International
Convention for
the Protection
of All Persons
from Enforced
Disappearance
(ICPPED, 2006)
None
• Monitoring implementation
of the treaty by reviewing
the State parties’ reports
(Art. 29)
• Urgent actions (Art. 30)
• Considering individual
complaints (Art. 31)
• Conducting inquiries
(Art. 33)
• GA procedure (Art. 34)
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The
Subcommittee
on Prevention of
Torture (SPT)
Optional
Protocol of the
Convention
against Torture
(OPCAT, 2002)
None
• Conducting visits to places
of deprivation of liberty
(Art. 2)
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