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United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
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Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
Works within the framework of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture; its key function is the prevention of torture by conducting visits to places where individuals are deprived of liberty in the State parties.
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Monitors the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; reviews reports from State parties; can also consider individual complaints and conduct inquiries into grave or systematic violations under the Optional Protocol.
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Monitors the adherence to the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights; issues General Comments; conducts reviews of State parties' periodic reports.
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Monitors progress on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols; examines State parties' reports; can also consider individual complaints under the Optional Protocol on a Communications procedure.
Human Rights Committee
Monitors the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its State parties; considers individual complaints; publishes its findings as General Comments or Views.
Committee on Enforced Disappearances
Monitors the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; examines State parties' reports; can request urgent actions and consider individual complaints.
Committee on Migrant Workers
Monitors the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; examines reports from State parties; offers recommendations to improve the rights of migrant workers.
Committee Against Torture
Evaluates the adherence to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; reviews State reports; may conduct confidential inquiries and consider individual complaints.
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Oversees the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; reviews State parties' reports; can consider individual complaints under certain conditions.
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; examines State parties' reports; can inquire into grave or systematic abuses of women's rights.
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