Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – 25 July 2019 b. developing and implementing measures to ensure the same substantive and procedural guarantees for people with disability in the context of legal proceedings as for others c. developing assessment protocols to improve data collection and assist police, courts, and correctional institutions to identify the supports required to provide procedural guarantees and age appropriate accommodations d. developing and implementing measures to ensure people with disability can serve as jurors e. developing and implementing targeted measures to promote, support and empower people with disability to work in the justice system f. incorporating compulsory modules on working with people with disability into training programmes for those working in the field of the administration of justice. Liberty and security of person Recommendation 29: The Australian Government implement the recommendations of the Senate Community Affairs References Committee in the Inquiry into indefinite detention of people with cognitive and psychiatric impairment in Australia report. Recommendation 30: The Australian Government release the draft National Statement of Principles Relating to Persons Unfit to Plead or Found Not Guilty by Reason of Cognitive or Mental Health Impairment for consultation. Recommendation 31: The Australian Government work with State and Territory governments to adopt a human rights-based approach to mental health laws and review all laws that authorise: a. involuntary hospitalisation, including committal to mentalhealth facilities, on the basis of perceived or actual impairment b. the administration of medical intervention to people with disability without the free, prior and informed consent of the person concerned c. imposition of compulsory treatment by means of Community Treatment Orders. Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment Recommendation 32: The Australian Government work with State and Territory governments to develop a national framework to 43