A/HRC/44/2 Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers 208. At the 27th meeting, on 16 July 2020, the representative of Australia, also on behalf of Botswana, Hungary, Maldives, Mexico and Thailand, introduced draft resolution A/HRC/44/L.6, sponsored by Australia, Botswana, Hungary, Maldives, Mexico and Thailand, and co-sponsored by Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, India, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Uruguay. Subsequently, the Bahamas, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Italy, Japan, the Marshall Islands, Namibia, Nepal, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, the Republic of Korea and Timor-Leste joined the sponsors. 209. In accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the attention of the Human Rights Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and programme budget implications of the draft resolution. 210. At the same meeting, the Human Rights Council adopted the draft resolution without a vote (resolution 44/8). Independence and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors, and the independence of lawyers 211. At the 27th meeting, on 16 July 2020, the representative of Australia, also on behalf of Botswana, Hungary, Maldives, Mexico and Thailand, introduced draft resolution A/HRC/44/L.7, sponsored by Australia, Botswana, Hungary, Maldives, Mexico and Thailand, and co-sponsored by Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, India, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Ukraine and Uruguay. Subsequently, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Fiji, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Marshall Islands, Namibia, Nepal, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Panama, Paraguay, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Switzerland, TimorLeste and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland joined the sponsors. 212. At the same meeting, the representatives of India and the Philippines made general comments on the draft resolution. 213. Also at the same meeting, the Human Rights Council adopted the draft resolution without a vote (resolution 44/9). Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities 214. At the 27th meeting, on 16 July 2020, the representative of Mexico, also on behalf of New Zealand, introduced draft resolution A/HRC/44/L.13, sponsored by Mexico and New Zealand, and co-sponsored by Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Uruguay. Subsequently, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, the Marshall Islands, Nepal, 42