The Commission on Human Rights, which meets in Geneva for six weeks in March/April each year, is the leading international human rights forum. It consists of 53 states, each elected for three year terms. Every year, one third of the Commission's membership comes up for election or re-election by its parent body, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Other states, as well as international organizations, national human rights institutions and NGOs, can participate in the annual sessions of the Commission as observers. All participants may speak, but only Commission members may vote or call for a vote. In addition to extensive standard-setting work (including the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and various other declarations and international covenants), the Commission has established many monitoring and implementation procedures (collectively known as 'special procedures') which also provide very important entry points for civil society engagement with the international human rights system.