A/HRC/20/12 Batken regions. The results will be used for future large-scale voter education/information campaigns directed at increasing the civic and political engagement of the minority population. I. Support for legal aid 72. ROCA has provided advice, guidance and capacity-building aimed at the long-term sustainability of national human rights organizations, lawyers and human rights defenders. ROCA has supported local partners in their work to provide free legal assistance and aid, which continues to be particularly needed in Osh and Jalal-Abad in cases related to the June 2010 violence. J. Support for the Ombudsman Institution 73. ROCA contributed to the United Nations Joint Technical Assistance Programme for the Ombudsman Institution throughout 2009-2011. The Programme focused on the improvement of the internal structure and procedures regarding the review of individual complaints, the development of gender-disaggregated indicators, and the improvement of communication between the central office and provincial offices of the Ombudsman Institution. ROCA intends to support the second phase of the Joint Programme 2012-2013. 74. In December 2011, ROCA assisted the Ombudsman Institution in the preparation of its Statement on Compliance with the International Coordinating Committee SubCommittee on accreditation, which will be reviewed in late March 2012. III. Cooperation of Kyrgyzstan with the United Nations human rights mechanisms 75. On 6 September 2011, the Parliamentary Committee on health care, social policy, labour and migration approved the accession of Kyrgyzstan to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It was signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in New York on 25 September 2011. 76. In October 2011, in order to promote ratification of the Convention, ROCA organized an international conference on the Convention in cooperation with the Open Society Institute and the public association Movement of Young Disabled People. This event took place with participation of the relevant authorities, international experts and local groups of persons with disabilities. 77. On 20 February 2012, the Prime Minister formally approved reports on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Approval is still pending for the prepared drafts of the common core document and the draft periodic report for the Convention against Torture. Drafting of these reports was undertaken by a working group comprising representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and five national experts. On 12 August 2011, ROCA facilitated a round table at which the State authorities and civil society discussed the draft national periodic reports. The final national periodic reports to the United Nations human rights bodies are to be submitted to relevant United Nations treaty bodies in the spring of 2012. 78. In December 2011, ROCA organized a workshop for government officials and NGO representatives on individual communications to United Nations human rights mechanisms. 14