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

Acknowledgements

The CRPD Civil Society Report Project Group would like to thank the following individuals and organisations for their contributions and support:

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  All the participants in the consultations held in each State and Territory and the partner organisations in each city that helped promote and support the consultations. The consultations were attended by more than 100 people, comprising individuals and representatives from Disabled Persons Organisations and disability advocacy and legal organisations.
  
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  The representatives from rural and remote communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities who were consulted to capture issues specific to their communities for the report.
  
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  All the individuals and organisations who took the time to participate in our online survey and workbook. Over 193 individual submissions were made via the website survey. In addition, 5 submissions were made by organisations that downloaded and completed the workbook. The website also invited representatives from civil society to provide further copies of any relevant material. The authors of this report were fortunate to have received dozens of submissions in the form of information packs, reports, case studies and other documents prepared by DPOs, disability advocacy organisations and civil society groups.
  
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  All the organisations who shared their knowledge and expertise with us
  

The participants on the CRPD Civil Society Report Project Group and their organisations made substantial contributions to the resourcing, drafting and editing of the Report:

Therese Sands, Executive Director, People With Disability Australia

Joanna Shulman, CEO, Redfern Legal Centre

Lesley Hall, CEO, and David Webb, National Projects Officer, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations

Rosemary Kayess, Director, Human Rights and Disability Project, Australian Human Rights Centre, Faculty of Law, UNSW

Kevin Cocks and Ken Wade of Queensland Advocacy Incorporated

Andrea Simmons, CEO, and David Craig, Director, Disability Advocacy Network Australia

Fiona Given, Policy Officer, Australian Centre for Disability Law¹

Damian Griffis, Executive Officer, First Peoples Disability Network of Australia

The Project Group is grateful for the assistance provided by DLA Piper, Jay Williams, Laura Costello and Shannon Torrens at Redfern Legal Centre and David Craig, former Director, Disability Advocacy Network Australia.

The CRPD Civil Society Report Project Group is particularly grateful to the significant contributions and pro bono support provided by staff at DLA Piper throughout this project: Nicolas Patrick, Amelia Dixon Weidner, Ben Schokman, Alison Ewart, Emily Christie, Marcus Bagnall, Alexandra Parker, Prabha Nandagopal, Jaimie Wolbers.