Dear all,

The 10th session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will open tomorrow (Monday) and run for two weeks (2-13 September).

We are pleased to announce that the public sessions will be webcast live at www.treatybodywebcast.org

The following meetings will be webcast:

Monday 2 September

10am- Opening

3pm- Review of Austria

Tuesday 3 September

10am- Review of Austria continued

3pm- Review of Australia

Wednesday 4 September

10am- Review of Australia continued

3pm- Review of El Salvador

Friday 6 September

10am- Review of El Salvador continued

Monday 9 September

1.30-2.30pm- public side event on the Ottawa Convention- Mine ban treaty

Tuesday 10 September

10am- Meeting with States Parties

All times are indicated in local Geneva time. You can check the time in your own time zone at www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html. 

International sign interpretation of the public discussions (and the national sign language for the reviews of Australia and El Salvador) will also be webcast live, and two channels will be running with English and Spanish audio respectively.

All webcasts will be archived for subsequent viewing at www.treatybodywebcast.org/category/webcast-archives/crpd/  

For more information on the 10th session, please visit the Committee's website: www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/Session10.aspx