Acknowledgements endorsements Background methodology executive Summary 11 Recommendations 22 Article — general obligations 38

RECOMMENDATIONS Article 7

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  That Australia establishes a national children’s commissioner and office to specifically promote, advocate and enquire into the rights of all children in Australia, including the rights of children with disability.
  
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  That Australia explicitly incorporates CRPD rights, including the principle of the best interest of the child into legislation, policies and programs and service standards, operational procedures and compliance frameworks that apply to children and young people in general.
  
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  That Australia develops comprehensive strategies and mechanisms to ensure that children and young people with disability can fully and equitably participate in consultations, decision-making processes and policy development that affect the lives of children and young people.
  
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  That Australia works with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and representative organisations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with disability to establish adequately resourced and culturally appropriate, community owned and located responses and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with disability.
  
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  That Australia commissions and funds a comprehensive assessment of the situation of children with disability, in order to establish a baseline of disaggregated data against which future progress towards the Convention on the Rights of the Child and CRPD rights can be measured.