ويتمتع المقرر الخاص بمزايا كامنة بالمقارنة مع اللجان المنشأة بموجب معاهدات حقوق الإنسان.
The Special Rapporteur had potential benefits over the human rights treaty committees, because the latter could only deal with complaints if the country alleged to have violated human rights was a party to the relevant treaty and recognized the competence of the committee.