CRPD Shadow Report
Therese Sands
Executive Director, Leadership Team
People with Disability Australia
13 August 2010
Project Group
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People with Disability Australia
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Queensland Advocacy Incorporated
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Disability Discrimination Legal Centre NSW
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Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
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Disability Advocacy Network Australia
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Australian Disability Rights Network
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Disability Studies and Research Centre
Methodology
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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)
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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
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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
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Draft Shadow Report
- draft reviewed by Project Group (now till 27 August)
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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)
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Advocacy & Collaboration
www.disabilityrightsnow.org.au
Shadow report & Concluding Observations:
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Evidence-based advocacy tools (media / submissions / training /
report card comparison / complaints)
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Planning tools – prioritise key issues for organisational focus,
advocacy and ‘test case’ complaints
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Resources – guidance on key issues; and guidance on how
issues are framed in terms of human rights.
Advocacy & Collaboration
Next Steps
CRPD Monitoring & Implementation (requires capacity building):
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Data collection and analysis - use CRPD to reframe / capture data
in terms of human rights not service compliance (consistency
across agencies and jurisdictions).
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Case studies – capturing human rights stories in line with CRPD
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CRPD analysis - budget processes; election platforms; funding
allocations (using Shadow report; Concluding Observations)
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Making complaints under CRPD to Australian Human Rights
Commission / UN CRPD Committee