A/HRC/WG.7/2/2 rules of procedure developed by treaty bodies appear to allow for the identity of petitioner(s) to be kept confidential from States and others. This is particularly important for children as vulnerable individuals (see article 14 (6) (a) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination). Article 7 Friendly settlement 22. Article 7 is derived from agreed language in article 7 of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; also in relation to interState communications, in article 10 (1) (d) of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, article 41 (1) (e) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 21 (1) (e) of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and article 76 (1) (d) of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. This enables the Committee to play a proactive role in encouraging an agreed resolution of the issue raised in the communication, without a prolonged examination. Article 8 Consideration of the merits 23. Paragraph 1 is a standard provision (for example, see article 5 of the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 7 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights). 24. Paragraph 2 is derived from agreed language in article 8 (1) of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 25. Paragraph 3 is derived from agreed language in article 8 (3) of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, allowing the Committee to consult a range of material from other United Nations and United Nationsrelated bodies and international bodies, including, for example, relevant decisions of regional human rights mechanisms, in addition of course to observations and comments from the State concerned. Similar provisions have been included in the rules of procedure for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Paragraph 3 could be deleted and instead reflected in the rules of procedure to be adopted by the Committee. Rule 72 (2) of the rules of procedure of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women states: The Committee or the working group set up by it to consider a communication may, at any time in the course of the examination, obtain through the Secretary-General any documentation from organizations in the United Nations system or other bodies that may assist in the disposal of the communication, provided that the Committee shall afford each party an opportunity to comment on such documentation or information within fixed time limits. Similarly, Rule 112 (2) of the rules of procedure of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment states that: “The Committee, 16 GE.10-15781