A/HRC/34/69 standards and measures in all sectors, to ensure compliance with the Convention. Judicial engagement should be increased in areas where precedents were needed. National human rights institutions should mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities and all parties should pursue opportunities for increased collaboration and dialogue among all stakeholders. Adequate resources should be allocated to support those efforts. 61. The founder of the Global Alliance for Disability in Media and Entertainment, Patricia Almeida, stated that media could help reshape mainstream perspectives on disability and stimulate a culture of acceptance, non-discrimination and inclusion. States should take concrete actions to realize their obligations to ensure the media were compliant with the Convention. Engaging persons with disabilities in the media would help address issues, including by educating media workers on their rights and violations thereof, the pervasiveness of stereotypes and the need for accessible platforms. The creation of public and private disability media that included persons with disabilities as communicators would help realize their rights. 62. The Chair of the Inter-Agency Support Group on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Kirstin Lange, called for a coordinated approach to ensure that persons with disabilities were engaged as partners in development and humanitarian processes. International organizations’ capacity-building should include appropriate mechanisms to promote inclusion in all areas of development. International cooperation agreements should include measures such as disability markers, budget allocation for humanitarian and development programming, systems of data collection, mechanisms to monitor progress and support for stakeholders in developing guidelines on implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Convention. Acknowledgement of the diversity of persons with disabilities and intersectional discrimination should be at the centre of programming. 63. ILO Senior Disability Specialist Stefan Trömel described efforts to bring together businesses and disability inclusion initiatives; peer-to-peer conviction among companies was a powerful means for promoting inclusion of persons with disabilities in business. The Sustainable Development Goals presented opportunities for integrating the rights of persons with disabilities in the private sector by showing that overlooking persons with disabilities was harmful to business. ILO worked to support national business and disability networks and encouraged the media to showcase positive practices. The public sector should promote employment and support inclusion of persons with disabilities. The Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights also promoted the inclusion of human rights in private sector agendas. 64. In the ensuing dialogue, representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, the United Nations Development Programme, ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, Foschiani Asociados, Global Alliance for Disability in Media and Entertainment, National Disabled People’s Organisation in Timor-Leste, National Forum of Women with Disabilities of Pakistan and Regional Network for Inclusive Education in Latin America made statements. They called for mainstreaming the rights of persons with disabilities in development programming and private sector compliance with rights obligations, including Internet accessibility. Speakers addressed the importance of information systems and adequate resources in realizing the right to education for persons with disabilities; nationallevel initiatives to incorporate their rights in plans and actions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals; training programmes for persons with disabilities; media’s role in reflecting human diversity and accelerating social change towards inclusion; and good practices to fulfil public service quotas. 65. Responding, Mr. Trömel noted the interrelated and interdependent nature of rights and the need to move beyond legislation to inclusive practices for persons with disabilities in employment, the media and other areas. He also acknowledged difficulties in meeting 16

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