Members of the Human Rights Committee are elected by member states, but do not represent any State. The Human Rights Committee should not be confused with the more high-profile Human Rights Commission, a Charter-based mechanism. Whereas the Human Rights Commission is a political forum where States debate all human rights concerns, the Human Rights Committee is a quasi-judicial treaty based mechanism where a group of experts hear reports and rule on individual communications pertaining only to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.