Individual complaints to the United Nations Human Rights Committee

Individuals may also make complaints using other monitoring mechanisms set up by the United Nations These mechanisms include:

the Commission on the Status of Women, established by the UN Economic and Social Council
the so-called “ 1503 procedure ”, which allows complaints to be made to the United Nations Human Rights Council, which consists of representatives of 47 member states of the United Nations, elected by the UN General Assembly
the so-called “ special procedures ”, which allow complaints to be made to independent experts under procedures established by the Human Rights Council