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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Sessions

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities convenes twice a year for sessions of one week, normally in February and October at the United Nations Office in Geneva.

Note: Schedules are subject to change without notice. 

No. Dates States reports
Future  - Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cook Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lithuania, Mexico, Mongolia, New Zealand, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
10 2-13 September 2013 Adoption of concluding observations: Australia, Austria, El Salvador
Adoption of list of issues: Azerbaijan, Costa Rica, Sweden
9 15-19 April 2013 Australia*, Austria*, El Salvador* Adoption of List of issues, Paraguay* Adoption of concluding observations
8 17-28 September 2012 Argentina, China, Hungary, Paraguay
7 16-20 April 2012 Argentina, China, Hungary, Peru
6 19-23 September 2011 Spain, China, Peru
5 11-15 April 2011 Tunisia* Adoption of Concluding Observations, Spain* Adoption of List of issues
4 4-8 October 2010  Tunisia* Adoption of List of Issues
3  22-26 February 2010 - 
2  19-23 October 2009  - 
1 23-27 February 2009 -
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