The Rules were adopted with a logical structure. They start with specifying the preconditions for implementation. These are policies or circumstances that should be in place before the Rules can be implemented. They include such things as public medical and rehabilitative services and a level of awareness about the necessity to implement the rules.
They then outline specific areas of life about which the Rules make prescriptions. These include areas such as physical accessibility, education, employment, income and safety nets, through social questions such as family, culture, sport and religion.
They then outline what should be done through the use of public policy mechanisms like economic policy, planning, the private sector, international organizations and the organizations of persons with disabilities themselves.
Finally, they deal with the structuring of international and national mechanisms to monitor State compliance with the Rules. I have to tell you that it was this part of the Rules that involved the longest and toughest negotiations. This is because the governments wanted to be careful in determining how they were to be monitored.
The Rules were adopted with a logical structure. They start with specifying the preconditions for implementation. These are policies or circumstances that should be in place before the Rules can be implemented. They include such things as public medical and rehabilitative services and a level of awareness about the necessity to implement the rules.
They then outline specific areas of life about which the Rules make prescriptions. These include areas such as physical accessibility, education, employment, income and safety nets, through social questions such as family, culture, sport and religion.
They then outline what should be done through the use of public policy mechanisms like economic policy, planning, the private sector, international organizations and the organizations of persons with disabilities themselves.
Finally, they deal with the structuring of international and national mechanisms to monitor State compliance with the Rules. I have to tell you that it was this part of the Rules that involved the longest and toughest negotiations. This is because the governments wanted to be careful in determining how they were to be monitored.
