A/HRC/43/41/Add.1 (f) Establish a governmental coordination mechanism, under the overall direction of the Public Authority for Disabled Affairs, with responsibility to ensure that all line ministries implement the Convention and national legislation on disability, and mainstream disability within their respective policies and institutions, as required under article 33 (1) of the Convention. This could be done through the nomination of full-time disability and accessibility focal points in each ministry; (g) Consider designating the National Council for Human Rights as the independent mechanism to monitor the implementation of the Convention, as required under article 33 (2). Data collection 76. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Ensure the collection of sociodemographic data and statistics on persons with disabilities in Kuwait, disaggregated at a minimum by sex, age and nationality, to inform public policies and their implementation; (b) Include the short set of questions of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics in the 2020 population census and in household surveys, and the United Nations Children’s Fund/Washington Group module on child functioning in all other demographic surveys to collect data on children with disabilities. Stigma and discrimination 77. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Include a general prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability in the Constitution and Law No. 8/2010, and specify that the denial of reasonable accommodation amounts to discrimination; (b) Amend the definition of persons with disabilities in Law No. 8/2010 and language that portrays persons with disabilities as objects of care rather than as rights holders, and extend the application of the law to all non-Kuwaitis with disabilities, including stateless Bidoon; (c) Eliminate stigma and prejudice against persons with disabilities, including those with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities, through: (i) wide-scale public awareness-raising campaigns in the media portraying a positive image of persons with disabilities as rights holders; (ii) targeting women and girls with disabilities in awareness-raising programmes to support their empowerment and enjoyment of their rights; and (iii) training government officials, civil servants, service providers and civil society on how to implement the Convention and the rights-based approach to disability. Accessibility 78. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Continue the process of transforming the built environment and public transport, as required by the Kuwaiti Vision 2035 National Development Plan and the Code on Universal Design, to make them fully accessible for the diversity of persons with disabilities, including in the poorest neighbourhoods where non-Kuwaitis with disabilities live; (b) Adopt a time-bound plan to achieve the full accessibility of the built environment as soon as possible and allocate funds for it; (c) Recognize Kuwaiti Sign Language as an official language in Kuwait, facilitate its learning and use in official and other interactions, and promote and respect the linguistic identity of the deaf community; (d) Enhance knowledge about communication methods to enable the participation of persons with limited communications skills, including those with cerebral palsy, in society and expand the use of alternative and augmentative technology for persons with disabilities. 16