Part II: Preventing torture: NHRIs in action While this section will examine in detail the role and function of the Committee against Torture, it is important to note that the Human Rights Committee plays an important role in torture prevention. As part of their torture prevention strategy, NHRIs should strive to cooperate closely with this body both in the reporting procedure and its individual complaints procedure. Treaty Body Treaty Examination of reports Individual complaints Human Rights Committee International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) Yes First Optional Protocol (1966) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) Yes Optional Protocol (2008) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965) Yes Article 14 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979) Yes Optional Protocol (1999) Committee against Torture Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (1984) Yes Article 22 Committee on the Rights of the Child Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) Yes Third Optional Protocol Committee on Migrant Workers International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1990) Yes Article 77104 Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment (2002) No No 104 The individual complaints procedure has not yet been accepted by a sufficient number of States Parties to make it operational (April 2021). 89