Appendix three: progress assessment questions The Council of Europe (2017)210 provides a series of questions to assess the progress made towards a comprehensive response to exploitation, violence and abuse experienced by persons with disabilities. • Is the scope of abuse, violence and exploitation of persons with disabilities understood at all policy levels? • Is the specific nature of abuse, violence and exploitation of persons with disabilities clear, including in cases of multiple discrimination? • Does the (existing) Action Plan on violence specify actions for the prevention of abuse, violence and exploitation of persons with disabilities? • Does the (existing) Action Plan on persons with disabilities break down actions on prevention of abuse, violence and exploitation? • Has specific research on the nature and extent of abuse, violence and exploitation of persons with disabilities, including through peer participation, been encouraged? • Are there training tools on prevention of abuse, violence and exploitation of persons with disabilities readily available? • Are trainings, particularly but not limited to the professions obliged by the UNCRPD (Articles 4(1)(i), 8(2)(d), 9(2)(c), 13(2), 20(c), 24(4), 24(5), 25(d), 26(2), 28(2)(c)) being offered on an ongoing basis? • 70 Do trainings on prevention of abuse, violence and exploitation against persons with disabilities include self-advocates as experts in their own right? Human Rights Commission • Is prevention of violence, exploitation and abuse of persons with disabilities part of the core curriculum for future teachers, medical professionals, judges and police officers? • Are support services for victims of violence, including hotlines, accessible for persons with disabilities? • Do support services for victims of violence receive specific training on prevention of violence for persons with disabilities, with the support of self-advocates? • Is support, including peer-support, provided for persons with disabilities who become victims of exploitation, violence or abuse? • Is support, including peer-support, provided for persons with disabilities who witness exploitation, violence or abuse? • Have the mainstream support services for victims and witnesses of violence been discussed with self-advocates as experts in their own right? • Has a monitoring mechanism been set up in accordance with Article 16(3) of the UNCRPD? • Is disability or impairment, respectively, included in the definition of the Criminal Code’s hate crime provision? • Is disability or impairment, respectively, included in the data collection related to hate crimes?