The treaty bodies are not formally United Nations bodies since they do not owe their existence to the United Nations Charter. These treaty bodies (with their standard acronym and year of establishment) are: •  Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 1970 •  Human Rights Committee (CCPR) 1976 •  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1982 •  Committee against Torture (CAT) 1988 •  Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1990 •  Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) 2004 •  Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 2009 •  Committee on Enforced Disappearance (CED) 2011 The members of these bodies are independent experts who, although nominated and elected by States parties, serve in their personal capacity. They do not represent their country of origin nor their region. Treaty body members are not paid, although they do receive daily subsistence allowance whilst attending sessions. The core universal function of every treaty body is the consideration of reports which the States parties of each treaty are obliged to submit periodically to the committee concerned setting out what measures have been taken to implement the rights contained in the treaty, the progress they have made and the obstacles encountered. On the basis of a review of these reports, the treaty bodies produce observations and recommendations aimed at assisting States to achieve further progress in implementing the treaties. Most the treaty bodies are also mandated to undertake additional functions in accordance with the provisions of the treaty itself or of an optional protocol. These functions include the consideration of individual complaints, inquiries and country visits. 04