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CRPD Shadow Report. Therese Sands Executive Director, Leadership Team People with Disability Australia 13 August 2010. Project Group. People with Disability Australia Queensland Advocacy Incorporated Disability Discrimination Legal Centre NSW
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CRPD Shadow Report Therese Sands Executive Director, Leadership Team People with Disability Australia 13 August 2010
Project Group • People with Disability Australia • Queensland Advocacy Incorporated • Disability Discrimination Legal Centre NSW • Australian Federation of Disability Organisations • Disability Advocacy Network Australia • Australian Disability Rights Network • Disability Studies and Research Centre
Methodology • Time and resource constraints - one year and no funding: - pro bono support from DLA Phillips Fox - fund seeking (FaHCSIA provided funding for consultations; application pending with Attorney Generals for NGO delegation to UN) • Limited knowledge of CRPD and human rights reporting processes within DPOs, disability advocacy organisations: - provide information about CRPD (background materials) - opportunity to apply CRPD (workbook based on resource Human Rights Indicators)
Methodology • Ownership by people with disability: - consultation in each capital city (DPOs, advocacy organisations, disability legal services) - consultation with First People’s Disability Network Australia - Online survey for individuals with disability • Draft Shadow Report - draft reviewed by Project Group (now till 27 August) • Finalise Shadow Report and seek endorsement (early September) • Submit Shadow Report to UN CRPD Committee (late September) • NGO Delegation to UN for review process (Feb / Oct 2011)
Advocacy & Collaborationwww.disabilityrightsnow.org.au Shadow report & Concluding Observations: • Evidence-based advocacy tools (media / submissions / training / report card comparison / complaints) • Planning tools – prioritise key issues for organisational focus, advocacy and ‘test case’ complaints • Resources – guidance on key issues; and guidance on how issues are framed in terms of human rights.
Advocacy & CollaborationNext Steps CRPD Monitoring & Implementation (requires capacity building): • Data collection and analysis - use CRPD to reframe / capture data in terms of human rights not service compliance (consistency across agencies and jurisdictions). • Case studies – capturing human rights stories in line with CRPD • CRPD analysis - budget processes; election platforms; funding allocations (using Shadow report; Concluding Observations) • Making complaints under CRPD to Australian Human Rights Commission / UN CRPD Committee