Treaty Bodies

General Information about the UN human rights treaty system:

• OHCHR: Factsheet n.30: The United Nations Human Rights Treaty System
  
• International Service for Human Rights: The Simple Guide to treaty Bodies

Human Rights Committee (CCPR)
Resources:

• OHCHR: Factsheet n.15: Civil and Political Rights: The Human rights Committee
• Centre for Civil and Political Rights: UN Human Rights Committee: Participation in the reporting process - Guidelines For Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
Resources:

• OHCHR: Participation of non-governmental organization in the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• ESCR-Net and the International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAN): participation in ICESCR and CEDAW – Reporting Processes: Guidelines for Writing on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Shadow/Alternative Reports

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
Resources:

• IMADR: : ICERD and CERD: Guide for Civil Society Actors
  
• International Indian Treaty Council: Using the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination to hold countries accountable at home and around the world

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Resources:

• International Women’s Rights Action Watch: Producing Shadow Reports to the CEDAW Committee: A Procedural Guide

Committee against Torture (CAT)
Resources:

• OHCHR: Participation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) to the reporting process to the Committee against Torture
• World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT): Seeking remedies for Torture Victims: a handbook on the individual complaints procedures of the UN Treaty Bodies
• The Torture Reporting Book

Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)
Resources:

• Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT): Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture: implementation manual

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Resources:

• NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child: My pocket guide to CRC reporting
• NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Reporting on the OPSC and OPAC: A guide for Non-governmental Organizations
• NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Guide for Non-Governmental Organizations Reporting to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)
Resources:

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
Resources:

• International Disability Alliance (IDA): Guidance Document on Parallel Reports

Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) – hyperlink to page of the Committee
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