A/HRC/8/21 Page 4 shortly announce new decisions”. By this announcement, the Minister indicated that Tunisia meets its commitments. He also informed the Working on new measures that have been adopted to enhance the process of human rights protection and promotion, and to consolidate cooperation with the United Nations and regional bodies: (a) Tunisia’s decision to receive special rapporteurs from the Human Rights Council as well as from the African Commission on Human Rights; (b) Tunisia’s decision to submit, in 2008, eight reports to United Nations bodies, of which seven to treaty bodies: (i) Fifth and sixth periodic reports on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (ii) Third periodic report on the implementation of the International Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) (iii) Eighteenth and nineteenth periodic reports on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) (iv) Third periodic report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (v) Initial report on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, concerning the involvement of children in armed conflicts (vi) Third periodic report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) (vii) Fifth periodic report on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); (c) Consolidation of the Higher Committee on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, in line with the Paris Principles, by giving it legislative status, reinforcing its administrative and financial autonomy, expanding its prerogatives (self-referral, impromptu visits to prisons, individual appeals …), and developing its means of action to stand against all forms of human rights violation; (d) Withdrawal of reservations annexed to the law concerning ratification of CRC, given the evolution of Tunisian legislation and the enactment of new laws promoting the rights of the child; (e) Tunisia’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to CEDAW, which reflects the clear vision of Tunisia and its sustained efforts to further promote women’s status and to safeguard and consolidate their rights; (f) Protocol; Approval of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional