The United Nations was founded in 1945 and has 193 member states. The main UN structures are divided into treaty and chater based bodies:

The Treaty Bodies

The core international human rights treaties are monitored by 9 human rights treaty bodies:

• Human Rights Committee (CCPR)
• Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
• Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
• Committee Agianst Torture (CAT) & Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) – Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)
• Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
• Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)
• Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
• Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)
• The Human Rights Committee (HRC)