The human rights treaty bodies, which now number ten, have developed as a system (TB) and occupy a rightful place in the framework of universal human rights. The activities of TBs and their significance are highly appreciated by groups and individuals. Various initiatives which have been undertaken from 1997 to strengthen the Treaty Body System are analyzed in this article. Since the late 1990s, various initiatives have been undertaken to strengthen the TBs. In 2012, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights presented the Report on the strengthening of the human rights treaty bodies. On February 23, 2012, the General Assembly adopted resolution 66/254, entitled the ‘Intergovernmental process of the General Assembly on strengthening and enhancing the affective functioning of the human rights treaty body system’. The resolution requests the President of the General Assembly to launch an open-ended intergovernmental process within the framework of the General Assembly, to conduct open, transparent and inclusive negotiations on how to strengthen and enhance the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system, and to appoint two co-facilitators to assist him in this process. In this article the progress report of the co-facilitators which deals with the key issues of TB’s activities is analyzed.