Human Rights Treaty Bodies

The Human Rights Treaty Bodies are committees of independent experts that monitor the implementation of core international human rights treaties. There are ten human rights treaty bodies composed of independent experts of recognized competence in human rights, who are nominated and elected for fixed renewable terms of four years by State parties. Each State must take steps to ensure that everyone in the State can enjoy the rights set out in the treaty.

The treaty bodies monitor the following committees:

Human Rights Committee

Committee on Economic

Social and Cultural Rights

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Committee against Torture

Committee on the Rights of the Child

Committee on Migrant Workers

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Committee on Enforced Disappearances

Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination monitors the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

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Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Human Rights Committee

Human Rights Committee monitors the International Covenant on Civil And Political Rights (ICCPR).

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Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Committee on the Rights of the Child

Committee on the Rights of the Child monitors the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

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Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a committee of experts that monitors the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICCPR).

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