UN Treaty Bodies at a Glance - New PDF Booklet

How our rights are protected? What are the United Nations human rights expert committees? What is the reporting cycle under the international human rights treaties?

Find answers to these and many other questions in the New UN OHCHR PDF Booklet  on the human rights treaty bodies, meaning the institutions that receive individual complaints and the reports of States about the implementation of obligations under the treaties ( see below).

Click on the links below to know further about each of the treaty bodies
 

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 

Human Rights Committee (CCPR) 

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)  

Committee against Torture (CAT) 

Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)  

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)  

Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)  

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 

Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)