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health and social care in order to integrate a rights-based approach and fully embrace
the paradigm shift of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
79.
The Special Rapporteur looks forward to a continued dialogue and
collaboration with Norway on the implementation of her recommendations. She hopes
that her visit and report will assist the country to continue advancing towards the
establishment of a fully inclusive society.
B.
Recommendations
Legal and policy framework
80.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government:
(a)
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
and the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who
Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled;
(b)
Withdraw its interpretative declarations on articles 12, 14 and 25 of the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and incorporate the treaty into
domestic law;
(c)
Conduct a comprehensive review of the national normative framework
to fully harmonize it with the Convention, including the Constitution, the Penal Code,
the Termination of Pregnancy Act, the Sterilization Act, the Health and Care Service
Act, the Patients’ and Users’ Rights Act, the Mental Health Care Act, the
Guardianship Act, the Inheritance Act and the Dispute Act;
(d)
Consider establishing a governmental coordination mechanism with the
responsibility of ensuring that all line ministries and authorities at county and
municipal levels interpret and implement disability-related legislation and policies in
line with the Convention, as required by its article 33 (1). That could be done through
the nomination of disability and accessibility focal points at ministerial, county and
municipal levels;
(e)
Ensure that all public policies, including disability-specific ones, include
a human rights-based approach to disability;
(f)
Adopt as soon as possible the action plan 2020–25 for the strategy “A
society for all” and ensure that it contains specific measures to implement the strategy
at central, county and municipal levels, with time-bound benchmarks and
accountability frameworks, along with the necessary budgetary and fiscal measures;
(g)
Increase the awareness, knowledge and capacity of government officials,
civil servants, service providers and civil society to implement articles 4 (1) and 8 of
the Convention and engage in wide-scale public awareness campaigns on the
Convention and the rights-based approach to disability.
Data collection
81.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government:
(a)
Collect data and statistics on persons with disabilities aged less than 20
and over 67 and use existing data on the situation and living conditions of persons
with disabilities to better inform public policies and their implementation;
(b)
Continue its efforts to develop better statistical tools and methods to
obtain data disaggregated by disability status.
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