A/HRC/40/32 legislation and policies related to persons with disabilities. In Germany, organizations of persons with disabilities provide recommendations that delineate the responsibilities of different rehabilitation providers. When consulting with persons with disabilities, policymakers should ensure that they gather views across a wide spectrum that are representative of the diversity of the disability community, including in terms of age, gender, geographic location and rehabilitation requirements. Steps should be taken to reach out to and meaningfully engage with those persons with disabilities who are usually excluded, such as women and girls, children, older persons, persons with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities, autistic persons and deafblind persons. IV. Implementation measures A. Policy and legal framework 51. States should put in place a legislative framework for the establishment, organization and delivery of comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary and inclusive rehabilitation services (see, for example, CRPD/C/MKD/CO/1, para. 44). When the State has chosen to address rehabilitation services primarily in the framework of health legislation, it should ensure that their non-health aspects are equally recognized and funded. To this end, it is advisable that, where appropriate, rehabilitation is further addressed in labour, education and social protection legislation and in laws and policies establishing a general framework for the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities. States should avoid framing their general law and/or policy on the rights of persons with disabilities around rehabilitation, as the latter is just one among many strategies that contribute to their inclusion, as recognized in the Convention. 52. Legislation on rehabilitation should introduce minimum requirements for the quality of services and entrench a human rights-based approach to their provision, including with respect to free and informed consent, non-discrimination, availability, affordability, accessibility, access in the community and participation. The legislative framework for rehabilitation should include oversight and accountability mechanisms with regard to the quality of rehabilitation services. It must include effective remedies to allow persons with disabilities to obtain adequate redress for violations of their rights in the context of rehabilitation. For complaints relating to rehabilitation in health settings, a judicial or quasijudicial body is needed rather than purely administrative mechanisms (A/69/299, para. 17). 53. States should develop rehabilitation policies that emphasize participation and inclusion as the underlying principles and the aims of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation policies should prioritize early intervention and promote a comprehensive and individualized approach to service delivery, access to accessible, adequate and affordable assistive devices and technologies, the integration and decentralization of rehabilitation services, and the availability of services as close as possible to communities, including in rural areas (A/73/161, para. 52). 33 It is good practice to adopt an evidence-based national plan on rehabilitation that covers key aspects of rehabilitation provision such as leadership, financing, information, service delivery, products and technologies, and the rehabilitation workforce. 34 Rehabilitation legislation and policies should be developed with the participation of persons with disabilities, including children, by closely consulting with and actively involving their representative organizations.35 B. Coordination 54. The cross-sectoral nature of rehabilitation means that a number of State agencies can be involved in its provision, including those working in the fields of public health, social 33 34 35 See also WHO, World Report on Disability, p. 105. Ibid., p. 105. Article 4 (3) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 13