Human Rights Council Resolution 9/8. Effective implementation of international human rights instruments The Human Rights Council, Reaffirming that the full and effective implementation of United Nations human rights instruments is of major importance to the efforts of the United Nations to promote universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and that the effective functioning of human rights treaty bodies is indispensable for the full and effective implementation of such instruments, Stressing the importance of preserving the independence of the human rights treaty bodies, Recalling General Assembly resolution 57/202 of 18 December 2002, Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/78 of 21 April 2004, and Council resolution 2/5 of 28 November 2006, Welcoming the establishment of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which began its work in 2007, Welcoming also the entry into force on 3 May 2008 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto, which creates a ninth human rights treaty body which will begin its work in 2009, Acknowledging with appreciation the adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance by the General Assembly on 20 December 2006, and noting that, once it enters into force, it will establish an additional treaty body, Noting the provisions in the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention on the