Currently, 8 UN treaty bodies (committees) may receive and consider individual complaints or communications from individuals (Human Rights Committee, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Committee against Torture, Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Committee on Enforced Disappearances, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Committee on the Rights of the Child).
Kazakhstan recognized the competence of 4 out of 8 UN Committees to receive individual complaints from citizens about violation of their rights: the Committee against Torture (CPT), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and the Committee on Human Rights (HRC).