ADDC :: Australian Disability & Development Consortium

Addressing Attitudes to Disability: A collection of resource materials.

Link: Jones_addressing_attitudes_to_disability

Making It Work

Link to PDF file: MIW_Guideline_version_1_1_-_updated_8_09
Link to Word doc: MIW_Guideline_version_1.1_Text_only-_updated_8_09-_2003(word doc)
In most countries, there are significant gaps between the standards set by the CRPD – the standards of national policies – and the reality on the ground for people with disabilities.
To address this, some projects choose to:

report violations of disabled people’s rights and campaign to hold [...]

Human Rights and Australian Foreign Policy

The realisation of human rights should be a primary goal and instrument of Australian foreign policy. As a goal, we must commit to promoting human rights and the rule of law as a key foreign policy priority and a projection of core Australian and universal values. As an instrument, we must protect human rights to secure goals such as peace, justice, security and sustainable development.

A Practitioners’ Guide to Human Rights Monitoring

The purpose of this manual is to provide step-by-step guidance for advocates who want to use human rights monitoring, documentation, and advocacy in their social justice work. From framing an issue in terms of internationally recognized human rights to submitting a detailed complaint to a human rights body, this manual outlines the process to enable anyone to do this work. The manual is designed to aid advocates undertaking a variety of activities—from the relatively simple to the more complex. With background information, key questions to consider, case examples, and practitioners‘ tips, this manual provides tools to enhance the social justice work already being done in the United States to provide broader protection of human rights.