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situations or diplomatic interventions on the individual case
might be quicker, therefore providing useful material for the
contentious case.
1. United Nations Treaty Bodies
The UN Treaty Bodies are those mechanism established by
international human rights treaties, most of which we have
considered in the previous paragraphs, because they also have
a quasi-judicial procedure to consider individual cases. Each of
them also has a procedure under which States periodically
report on their human rights situation and are examined by the
relevant Committee. These are:
The Human Rights Committee (ICCPR);
The Committee for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination (ICERD);
The Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women (CEDAW);
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(ICESCR);
The Committee against Torture (CAT);
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC);
The Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers and
Their Families (ICMW);
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(CRPD);
The Committee on Enforced Disappearance (CED).
All these Committees accept submissions from NGOs. These
submissions might also include some cases as example of
human rights violations occurring in the country. Contacting a
national or international NGO in order to take into consideration
the case in their report, might increase the chances that the
relevant Committee will address the general human rights
situation concerning it. An appropriate finding of the Committee
might be of help in the individual case.