Contents Foreword iii Acknowledgements iv List of abbreviations v Introduction for users 1 Part I The concepts: The human rights framing of disability 7 Introduction to Part I 8 Part II Chapter 1: The human rights re-framing of disability 10 Chapter 2: Key elements of the human rights frame on disability 21 Further reading for Part I 31 The law: International human rights law and disability 35 Introduction to Part II 36 Section I Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 37 Chapter 3: Overview of the purpose, content and structure of the Convention 38 International monitoring: The tasks and functioning of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 55 Chapter 4: Section II Other international and regional human rights instruments and disability Part III 71 Chapter 5: UN human rights instruments and related processes 72 Chapter 6: Regional human rights instruments and disability 80 Further reading for Part II 89 The practice: What NHRIs can do to contribute to the process of change 91 Introduction to Part III 92 Section I Getting ready to engage 93 Chapter 7: The institutional architecture for change and the place of NHRIs 94 Chapter 8: Chapter 9: Getting ready to impact change: Internal NHRI organisational development and capacity building 101 Working in partnership with civil society: ‘Nothing about us without us’ 107 Chapter 10: Leading by example: Eliminating discrimination and ensuring accessibility in the work of NHRIs 113 i