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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
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