United Nations CRPD/C/7/2 Distr.: General 15 October 2012 Original: English Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Report of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on its seventh session, 16-20 April 2012 GE.12-46624 CRPD/C/7/2 Contents Paragraphs Page I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. State parties to the Convention and its Optional Protocol ....................................... Opening of the seventh session of the Committee .................................................. Membership of the Committee ................................................................................ Working methods .................................................................................................... Elaboration of general comments ............................................................................ Activities related to the Optional Protocol .............................................................. Other decisions ........................................................................................................ Future sessions ........................................................................................................ Cooperation with concerned bodies ........................................................................ A. B. Cooperation with other United Nations organs ............................................... Cooperation with non-governmental organizations ........................................ 1-2 3-6 7 8 9-11 12 13-14 15-16 17-19 17 18 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 X. Consideration of reports submitted in accordance with article Annexes I. II. III. IV. States parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and to the Optional Protocol as at 20 April 2012 ................................................... Submission of reports by States parties under article 35 of the Convention as at 20 April 2012 ................................................................................................. Decisions adopted by the Committee during its seventh session ............................ Working groups of the Committee ......................................................................... 6 14 17 18 2 CRPD/C/7/2 I. States parties to the Convention and its Optional Protocol 1. As at 20 April 2012, the closing date of the seventh session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, there were 112 States parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and 67 States parties to its Optional Protocol. 2. The lists of States parties to the Convention and the Optional Protocol are contained in annex I of the present report. II. Opening of the seventh session of the Committee 3. The 7th session opened in a public meeting with welcome remarks by Mr. Ronald McCallum, Chairperson of the Committee. The Chairperson highlighted the launching of the Multi-Donor Trust Fund by the United Nations Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which took place in December 2011, in New York, as well as the first meeting of its Policy Board, which took place late in March 2012. The Fund will finance development projects whose beneficiaries are persons with disabilities. The Chairperson expressed the satisfaction of the Committee by the decision taken by the General Assembly in late December 2011 to authorise the Committee one week of additional meeting time, which will be added to the September sessions of the Committee, allowing it to process at least four State party's reports per year. As the backlog of States' reports pending to be considered has not ceased to increase, the Committee is considering requesting additional meeting time to the General Assembly. The Chairperson welcomed the representatives of Microsoft, Middlesex University and AbiliyNet who conducted an accessibility assessment of the meetings of the Committee. He also thanked the International Disability Alliance for providing webcasting to the public meetings of the Committee. 4. The opening statement of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) was delivered by the Deputy High Commissioner, Ms. Kyun-wa Khan who briefed the Committee on the most recent developments of the treaty bodies that had taken place since the Committee's 6th session, such as the first meeting of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, and the adoption by the General Assembly of a third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child allowing individuals to submit complaints about alleged violations of the Convention and its two first Optional Protocols to the Committee on the Rights of the Child. She also referred to the most important developments that had taken place in the field of human rights and disabilities, such as the establishment of the Multi-Donor Trust Fund by the UNPRPD, and the Human Rights Council resolution on the right of persons with disabilities to participate in political and public life. She further presented updates on the treaty body strengthening process, including information on the outcome document of the "Dublin II" meeting on the strengthening of the treaty body system, the High Commissioner's initiative to prepare a report on the matter, and the launching of an open-ended intergovernmental process on strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system by the General Assembly. 5. The Committee reviewed and adopted the provisional agenda and tentative programme of work of the seventh session (CRPD/C/7/1). 6. The Chairperson reported on the activities undertaken between the sixth and seventh sessions of the Committee. 3 CRPD/C/7/2 III. Membership of the Committee 7. The list of members of the Committee indicating the duration of their terms of office is contained in Annex IV of the previous biennial report (A/66/55). All members attended the seventh session. IV. Working methods 8. The Committee discussed various issues related to its working methods including, inter alia, the following: (a) Functioning of the working groups established by the Committee; (b) The feasibility of holding of a day of general discussion in April 2013; V. Elaboration of general comments 9. The Committee accepted the resignation of Ms Edah Maina as Chairperson of the Working Group on a general comment on article 12, and decided to appoint Mr Gabor Gombos as Chairperson of this Working Group. 10. The Committee welcomed the submissions made by several stakeholders following a call for submissions in preparation of a draft general comment on article 9, under the leadership of the Working Group on accessibility 11. Members of the Working Group on Accessibility in public transportation and airline policies met with representatives of the International Aviation Transport Alliance (IATA), a private organisation of member airlines, to discuss about the treatment of persons with disabilities by airlines. VI. Activities related to the Optional Protocol 12. The Committee considered its first individual communication under the Optional Protocol, no. 3/2011, H.M vs. Sweden (CRPD/C/7/D/3/2011). The author of the communication, which suffers from a degenerative disease which severely impairs her ability to move, requested without success that the Swedish authorities grant her a permission to build a pool in her property for rehabilitation purposes. The author alleged that she was discriminated against by States' authorities which failed to take into account her rights to equal opportunity for rehabilitation and improved health. The Committee adopted by consensus its Views thereon, finding violations to the right not to be discriminated, the right to health and the duty of States parties to provide rehabilitation. The Committee requested follow-up information to the concerned State party on measures taken to implement the Committee's views. VII. Other decisions 13. The Committee adopted the report of its sixth session (CRPD/C/6/2). 14. The Committee took a number of other decisions, which are listed in annex III of the present report. 4 CRPD/C/7/2 VIII. Future sessions 15. The 8th session of the Committee is scheduled to take place from 17 to 28 September 2012. The 9th session of the Committee will be held from 15 to 19 April 2013. The Committee will hold its 10th session from 2 to 13 September 2013. 16. The Committee decided that, at its next session, it would review the initial reports of China (CRPD/C/CHN/1), Argentina (CRPD/C/ARG/1) and Hungary (CRPD/C/HUN/1), and adopt List of Issues on the initial report of Paraguay (CRPD/C/PRY/1). IX. Cooperation with concerned bodies A. Cooperation with United Nations organs 17. On 16 April 2012 (64th meeting), the Committee met with the representatives of WHO, WIPO, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), OHCHR and, UNICEF to discuss ways of cooperation, as provided for under article 38 of the Convention. B. Cooperation with non-governmental organizations 18. At its 64th meeting on 16 April 2012, the Committee was addressed by representatives of the non-governmental organizations Human Rights Watch, the International Disability and Development Consortium, and the International Disability Alliance. X. Consideration of reports submitted in accordance with article 35 of the Convention 19. During its seventh session, at its 66th and 67th meetings held on 17 April 2012, the Committee considered the initial report by Peru (CRPD/C/PER/1) submitted under article 35 of the Convention, and at its 73rd meeting, it adopted concluding observations on that report (CRPD/C/PER/CO/1) (See the webpage of the seventh session at http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/Session7.aspx). 5 CRPD/C/7/2 Annexes Annex I States parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and to the Optional Protocol as at 20 April 2012 A. States parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Participant Albania Algeria Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chile China Signature 22 December 2009 30 March 2007 27 April 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 9 January 2008 25 June 2007 9 May 2007 19 July 2007 30 March 2007 9 May 2011 8 February 2008 21 September 2010 13 August 2007 29 July 2009 30 March 2007 18 December 2007 27 September 2007 23 May 2007 26 April 2007 1 October 2007 1 October 2008 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 9 May 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 29 July 2008 1 August 2008 11 March 2010 10 October 2011 22 March 2012 23 July 2009 16 November 2009 12 March 2010 1 August 2008 2 July 2009 2 June 2011 2 September 2008 22 September 2010 17 July 2008 26 September 2008 28 January 2009 22 September 2011 30 November 2007 4 December 2009 Formal confirmation (c), accession (a), ratification 6 CRPD/C/7/2 Participant Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Ireland Signature 30 Mar 2007 26 September 2007 30 March 2007 Formal confirmation (c), accession (a), ratification 10 May 2011 8 May 2009 (a) 30 March 2007 7 June 2007 30 March 2007 26 April 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 4 April 2007 30 March 2007 25 September 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 2 June 2010 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 10 July 2009 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 12 July 2010 30 March 2007 16 May 2007 11 April 2007 23 July 2009 (a) 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 1 October 2007 30 November 2011 23 October 2009 (a) 14 April 2008 20 July 2007 7 April 2009 8 February 2008 24 February 2009 18 February 2010 1 October 2007 7 July 2010 23 December 2010 (c) 18 August 2009 3 April 2008 14 April 2008 14 December 2007 15 August 2007 6 September 2007 27 June 2011 28 September 2009 24 July 2009 1 October 2008 7 CRPD/C/7/2 Participant Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Signature 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 28 September 2007 30 March 2007 11 December 2008 30 March 2007 21 September 2011 15 January 2008 18 July 2008 14 June 2007 Formal confirmation (c), accession (a), ratification 15 May 2009 30 March 2007 31 March 2008 19 May 2008 25 September 2009 1 March 2010 2 December 2008 (a) 30 March 2007 1 May 2008 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 25 September 2007 27 September 2007 8 April 2008 2 October 2007 15 May 2007 30 March 2007 3 April 2012 (a) 25 September 2007 30 March 2007 23 September 2011 23 September 2009 13 May 2009 (a) 27 September 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 25 April 2007 3 January 2008 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 25 September 2008 7 December 2007 2 November 2009 8 April 2009 30 January 2012 7 December 2011 (a) 4 December 2007 7 May 2010 8 January 2010 17 December 2007 27 August 2009 19 July 2010 5 April 2010 7 April 2008 18 August 2010 26 September 2011 8 CRPD/C/7/2 Participant Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Rwanda San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka St. Lucia Signature 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 17 March 2008 25 September 2008 20 September 2011 30 March 2007 2 June 2011 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 25 September 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 9 July 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 26 September 2007 24 September 2008 Formal confirmation (c), accession (a), ratification 24 June 2008 24 September 2010 6 January 2009 5 July 2011 7 August 2007 3 September 2008 30 January 2008 15 April 2008 23 September 2009 13 May 2008 11 December 2008 21 September 2010 31 January 2011 15 December 2008 (a) 30 March 2007 25 April 2007 17 December 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 26 September 2007 30 March 2007 23 September 2008 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 22 September 2011 22 February 2008 24 June 2008 (a) 7 September 2010 31 July 2009 2 October 2009 4 October 2010 26 May 2010 24 April 2008 30 November 2007 3 December 2007 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 25 September 2007 30 March 2007 29 October 2010 (a) 24 April 2009 15 December 2008 9 CRPD/C/7/2 Participant Syrian Arab Republic Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Signature 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 23 September 2008 15 November 2007 27 September 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 24 September 2008 8 February 2008 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 July 2009 3 April 2007 27 February 2009 17 May 2007 22 October 2007 30 March 2007 9 May 2008 Formal confirmation (c), accession (a), ratification 10 July 2009 29 July 2008 29 December 2011 1 March 2011 2 April 2008 28 September 2009 4 September 2008 (a) 25 September 2008 4 February 2010 19 March 2010 8 June 2009 10 November 2009 11 February 2009 23 October 2008 26 March 2009 1 February 2010 B. States parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Participant Algeria Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belgium Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 30 March 2007 8 February 2008 13 August 2007 16 November 2009 30 March 2007 9 January 2008 Signature 30 March 2007 27 April 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 21 August 2009 (a) 26 September 2008 28 January 2009 12 May 2008 (a) 2 July 2009 2 September 2008 Formal confirmation (c), accession (a), ratification 10 CRPD/C/7/2 Participant Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Chile Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland Italy Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Latvia Lebanon Liberia Signature 29 July 2009 30 March 2007 18 December 2008 23 May 2007 26 April 2007 1 October 2007 1 October 2008 9 May 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 Formal confirmation (c), accession (a), ratification 12 March 2010 1 August 2008 23 July 2009 29 July 2008 8 May 2009 (a) 30 March 2007 7 June 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 2 June 2010 30 March 2007 23 September 2008 25 September 2007 10 July 2009 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 27 September2007 30 March 2007 31 August 2007 23 August 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 11 December 2008 22 January 2010 14 June 2007 30 March 2007 1 October 2008 15 August 2007 27 June 2011 18 August 2009 3 April 2008 14 December 2007 18 February 2010 24 February 2009 7 April 2009 8 February 2008 23 July 2009 (a) 16 August 2010 20 July 2007 15 May 2009 31 August 2010 11 CRPD/C/7/2 Participant Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Panama Paraguay Peru Portugal Qatar Romania Rwanda San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Swaziland Sweden Syrian Arab Republic Signature 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 25 September 2007 15 May 2007 30 March 2007 Formal confirmation (c), accession (a), ratification 18 August 2010 26 September 2011 7 April 2008 3 April 2012 (a) 25 September 2007 30 March 2007 27 September 2007 17 December 2007 13 May 2009 (a) 2 November 2009 8 April 2009 (a) 30 January 2012 (a) 25 April 2007 3 January 2008 21 October 2008 2 August 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 9 July 2007 25 September 2008 15 December 2008 (a) 30 March 2007 25 April 2007 17 December 2007 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 26 September 2007 30 March 2007 24 September 2009 30 March 2007 30 March 2007 30 November 2007 3 December 2007 29 October 2010 (a) 24 April 2009 (a) 25 September 2007 30 March 2007 15 December 2008 10 July 2009 (a) 26 May 2010 24 April 2008 31 July 2009 22 February 2008 24 June 2008 (a) 4 December 2007 7 May 2010 2 February 2010 24 June 2008 24 September 2010 7 August 2007 3 September 2008 30 January 2008 23 September 2009 12 CRPD/C/7/2 Participant The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Togo Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania Uruguay Yemen Zambia Signature 29 July 2009 23 September 2008 30 March 2007 28 September 2009 Formal confirmation (c), accession (a), ratification 29 December 2011 1 March 2011 2 April 2008 10 November 2010 (a) 30 March 2007 24 September 2008 12 February 2008 26 February 2009 29 September 2008 11 April 2007 29 September 2008 25 September 2008 4 February 2010 7 August 2009 10 November 2009 28 October 2011 (a) 26 March 2009 13 CRPD/C/7/2 Annex II Submission of reports by States parties under article 35 of the Convention, as at 20 April 2012 Entry into force (date of ratification+30 days) Date due 4 January 2010 2 October 2008 22 October 2010 17 August 2008 26 October 2008 27 February 2009 22 October 2011 30 December 2007 2 August 2009 2 July 2011 16 December 2009 12 April 2010 1 September 2008 23 August 2009 11 April 2010 29 August 2008 1 September 2008 10 June 2011 8 June 2009 1 November 2008 15 September 2007 6 October 2007 27 July 2011 28 October 2009 24 August 2009 18 September 2009 3 May 2008 14 May 2008 14 January 2008 7 August 2010 23 January 2011 18 March 2010 4 January 2012 2 October 2010 22 October 2012 17 August 2010 26 October 2010 27 February 2011 22 October 2013 30 December 2009 2 August 2011 2 July 2013 16 December 2011 12 April 2012 1 September 2010 23 August 2011 11 April 2012 29 August 2010 1 September 2010 10 June 2013 8 June 2011 1 November 2010 15 September 2009 6 October 2009 27 July 2013 28 October 2011 24 August 2011 18 September 2011 3 May 2010 14 May 2010 14 January 2010 7 August 2012 23 January 2013 18 March 2012 5 January 2011 5 December 2011 1 November 2011 9 December 2011 29 March 2011 27 October 2011 30 August 2010 3 December 2010 2 November 2010 16 February 2011 6 October 2010 State party Algeria Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Belize Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Burkina Faso Canada Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Ethiopia European Union France Date received Date examined 28 July 2011 8 September2011 14 CRPD/C/7/2 State party Gabon Germany Guatemala Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary India Iran (Islamic Republic of) Italy Jamaica Jordan Kenya Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lesotho Lithuania Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Mauritius Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Namibia Nepal New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Entry into force (date of ratification+30 days) Date due 1 November 2007 24 March 2009 7 March 2009 8 March 2008 23 August 209 14 March 2008 20 August 2007 1 November 2007 23 November 2009 15 June 2009 30 April 2007 30 April 2008 19 June 2008 25 October 2009 1 April 2010 2 January 2009 18 September 2010 27 September 2009 19 August 2010 5 May 2010 7 May 2008 8 February 2010 17 January 2008 13 June 2009 2 December 2009 8 May 2009 4 January 2008 7 June 2010 25 October 2008 7 January 2008 24 July 2008 24 October 2010 6 February 2009 5 August 2011 7 September 2007 3 October 2008 27 February 2008 15 May 2008 23 October 2009 13 June 2008 11 January 2009 1 November 2009 24 March 2011 7 March 2011 8 March 2010 23 August 2011 14 March 2010 20 August 2009 1 November 2009 23 November 2011 15 June 2011 30 April 2009 30 April 2010 19 June 2010 25 October 2011 1 April 2012 2 January 2011 18 September 2012 27 September 2011 19 August 2012 5 May 2012 7 May 2010 8 February 2012 17 January 2010 13 June 2011 2 December 2011 8 May 2011 4 January 2010 7 June 2012 25 October 2010 7 January 2010 24 July 2010 24 October 2012 6 February 2011 5 August 2013 7 September 2009 3 October 2010 27 February 2010 15 May 2010 23 October 2011 13 June 2010 11 January 2011 Date received Date examined 19September2011 14 October 2010 3 April 2012 27 April 2011 8 December 2011 21 October 2010 8 July 2010 27 June 2011 15 CRPD/C/7/2 State party Republic of Moldova Romania Rwanda San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Sweden Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Togo Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Uruguay Vanuatu Yemen Zambia Entry into force (date of ratification+30 days) Date due 21 October 2010 27 February 2011 15 January 2009 22 March 2008 24 July 2008 7 October 2010 31 August 2009 2 November 2009 4 November 2010 26 June 2010 24 May 2008 30 December 2007 3 January 2008 29 November 2010 24 May 2009 15 January 2009 10 August 2009 29 August 2008 1 April 2011 2 May 2008 28 October 2009 4 October 2008 25 October 2008 4 March 2010 19 April 2010 8 July 2009 11 March 2009 23 November 2008 26 April 2009 1 March 2010 21 October 2012 27 February 2013 15 January 2011 22 March 2010 24 July 2010 7 October 2012 31 August 2011 2 November 2011 4 November 2012 26 June 2012 24 May 2010 30 December 2009 3 January 2010 29 November 2012 24 May 2011 15 January 2011 10 August 2011 29 August 2010 1 April 2013 2 May 2010 28 October 2011 4 October 2010 25 October 2010 4 March 2012 19 April 2012 8 July 2011 10 December 2011 11 March 2011 23 November 2010 26 April 2011 1 March 2012 Date received Date examined 3 May 2010 20September2011 7 February 2011 1 July 2010 5 December 2011 12 April 2012 24 November 2011 12 April 2011 United Republic of Tanzania 10 December 2009 16 CRPD/C/7/2 Annex III Decisions adopted by the Committee during its seventh session 1. The Committee decided to endorse the outcome document of the Dublin II meeting on the strengthening of the treaty body system. 2. The 8th session of the Committee will be held from September 17 to September 28, 2012. The Committee will consider the initial reports of China, Argentina, and Hungary, and will adopt the list of issues of Paraguay. The 9th session of the Committee will be held from April 15 to April 19, 2013. During this session the Committee will consider the initial report of Paraguay, and adopt the lists of issues regarding Austria, Australia and El Salvador. The 10th session of the Committee will be held from September 2 to September 13, 2013. The Committee will consider the initial reports of Austria, Australia and El Salvador, and adopt the list of issues regarding Sweden. 3. A half-day of general discussion will be held during the 9th session, in April 2013 on the subject: "Women and girls with disabilities". 4. The Chairperson will send a letter to the Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee expressing the views of the CRPD Committee regarding General Comment n.25 of the Human Rights Committee. 5. The Committee decided not to postpone the consideration of the initial report of Hungary. 6. Mr. Gabor Gombos was appointed as Chair of the Working Group on article 12. 7. The Committee decided that, in principle, it would endorse the draft guidelines on independence and impartiality of members of the human rights treaty bodies. 8. The Committee decided to request UN Conference Services to make all possible efforts to ensure that International Sign Interpretation and captioning are used in all public and private meetings of the Committee. 9. The Committee decided to appoint Mr Hyung Shik Kim as rapporteur for the dialogue with China. 10. The Committee decided to request the General Assembly additional meeting time, This decision was made in accordance with rule 22 of the rules of procedure of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 17 CRPD/C/7/2 Annex IV Working groups of the Committee 1. The Committee agreed that members would serve on the following working groups: Working group on a general comment on Accessibility (article 9) Chair: Vice-chair: Members: Mr. Mohammed Al-Tarawneh Mr. Damjan Tatic Ms. Jia Yang, Mr. Lotfi Ben Lallahom, Mr. Monsur A. Chowdhury, Mr. Gabor Gombos, Mr. Stig Langvad Working group on a general comment on Legal capacity (article 12) Chair: Members: Mr. Gabor Gombos Ms. Edah Maina, Ms. Maria Soledad Cisternas, Ms. Amna AlSuwaidi, Mr. Ronald McCallum, Mr. Carlos Rios Espinosa, Ms. Theresia Degener. Working group on Accessibility in public transportation and airline policies Chair: Members: Mr. Mohammed Al-Tarawneh Ms. Jia Yang, Mr. Lotfi Ben Lallahom, Mr. Monsur A. Chowdhury, Ms. Fatiha Hadj-Salah, Mr. Carlos Rios Espinosa 18