The Human Rights Committee examines reports submitted by countries every five years to ensure that they are in compliance with the ICCPR and it issues findings on a country’s performance.

Many states that had ratified the ICCPR have also agreed that the Human Rights Committee may investigate allegations of human rights violations against that state. The complainant must first have exhausted all recourse in the courts of that country. Once the Committee investigates a case, it will then publish its views, which have great force. If it upholds the allegations, the government of that country must take measures to remedy the abuse.