• Annual and special reports prepared by institutions, research studies, the results of public enquiries can all be reviewed by treaty bodies. As these sources of information are increasingly available publicly, this is being done as a matter of course. (An institution could submit a report directly to the treaty body. It might choose to do so, for example, if the country report contains, in its view, inaccurate or misleading information about the current situation and other efforts to have it changed have failed.)