45 The structure of the Human Rights Treaties Division The Human Rights Treaties Division (HRTD) is one of the four divisions of OHCHR. It comprises four sections, all of which support the 10 treaty bodies in different ways. Figure III illustrates the division of work across these sections. The Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section and the Groups in Focus Section comprise the secretariats of the nine treaty bodies related to the core international human rights treaties. The Petitions and Inquiries Section consists of the Petitions Unit, which supports the individual communications procedure of all treaty bodies and the urgent action procedure of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, and the secretariat of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture. The Capacity-building and Harmonization Section supports the annual meeting of the Chairpersons, supports the strengthening and harmonization of the treaty body system, conducts capacity-building activities such as training and technical cooperation, develops publications, maintains the universal human rights index and treaty body documentation database, and leads public information and outreach efforts, such as the Weekly Updates and the Newsletter of HRTD. This Section also manages the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery and the Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture. Each treaty body receives substantive and administrative support from a team. The team consists of the secretary of the committee and, where relevant, the secretary of the working group on communications, both of whom are supported by professional staff and administrative assistants. The secretariat supports the preparation of lists of issues, lists of themes and lists of issues prior to reporting, concluding observations, views/decisions and reports on inquiries and visits.24 Staff members also undertake research and provide preliminary drafts of documents, including general comments, for review by the treaty body. Secretariat staff members consult treaty body members, integrate comments and finalize draft documents. Similarly, the secretariat assists the rapporteurs in the preparation and submission of the committees’ annual reports as well as other documents such as press statements, press releases and statements and documents relating to working methods or meetings of States parties. In addition, the secretariat registers communications under the individual communications procedures and supports treaty bodies by sending correspondence to the parties to a communication. Similarly, the secretariat prepares inquiries and formal visits 24 L ists of issues are lists of questions sent to the State party that are prepared on the basis of the State party’s report in order to gather additional information from the State party prior to the State party review so as to inform the dialogue; the State party should provide written responses to the questions. Lists of themes are lists of specific issues sent to the State party that are prepared on the basis of the State party’s report in order to provide a structure to the State party review but do not require written responses from the State party prior to the review. Lists of issues prior to reporting are lists of questions sent to the State party to assist it in the preparation of its report.