8.5.5 Persons with Disabilities

Many of the structural issues discussed above regarding strategic planning and the creation of areas of specialisation for gender apply to this area as well. Like gender equality, the rights of persons with disabilities are a significant area of NHRI work and in NHRIs whose mandate is limited to equality issues, it is usually at or near the top of grounds cited in complaints.

The following table provides a checklist that may be applied in developing the capacity of an NHRI with regard to promoting, protecting, and monitoring disability rights at the establishment phase, both internally and in its thematic work.