International Human Rights and the International Human Rights System A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions Treaties waiting to be signed, of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, by representatives of Member States, which aims to secure the rights of some 650 million persons with disabilities around the world. UN Photo by Paulo Filgueiras. KEY POINTS: CHAPTER 11 • Treaty monitoring bodies monitor the compliance of each State party with its obligations under the relevant treaty, through a process of examination of State reports, dialogue with State delegations and the development of concluding observations and recommendations. • NHRIs, regardless of their accreditation status, can contribute to all stages of the monitoring process, including submitting parallel reports and other information to the treaty monitoring bodies, providing briefings for the members of the treaty monitoring bodies, attending the interactive dialogue with the State, proposing recommendations for the consideration of the treaty monitoring bodies and promoting and monitoring implementation of their recommendations. • The treaty monitoring bodies often make recommendations relating to the establishment and strengthening of NHRIs and support for the work of NHRIs. • NHRIs can propose to treaty monitoring bodies that a review be undertaken of a State that fails to meet its reporting obligations. • NHRIs can also be designated as national implementation mechanisms under the CRPD and the OPCAT. Chapter 11: Treaty monitoring bodies: Monitoring compliance | 81