recommended that self-advocacy groups especially self-advocacy groups of – marginalised groups of people with disabilities must be and – ‘strengthened appropriately equipped’ in order to better facilitate participation. 3.2.3 DPO and Civil Society Involvement in Shadow Reporting There were several shadow reports written by civil society groups in Germany including BRK Allianz, which made a series of submissions to the CRPD Committee during the examination of Germany in 2014. However, there was limited participation of civil society in the development of the state report, which led the CRPD Committee to recommend that further efforts should be made in future state reporting to actively involve the representative organisations of persons with disabilities. 3.3 Civil Society Involvement in New Zealand 3.3.1 DPO and Civil Society Involvement in the State Report In 2013 the government of New Zealand developed principles of engagement with people with disabilities, which defined DPOs in accordance with the CRPD definition and recognised them as the representative organisations of people with disabilities. The Ministry of Social Development noted that involvement of DPOs does not preclude the involvement of other disability organisations long as ‘so DPOs always have the opportunity to participate.’ The ministry outlined five principles of engagement: Government will engage with DPOs as representatives of disabled ‘1. people 2. We involve the right people, at the right time, in the right work 3. We value the contribution of each party and make it easy to engage 4. We will be open, honest, transparent and creative in our engagement with each other 5. We jointly learn about how to engage with each other.’ Despite this involvement, in its Concluding Observations the CRPD Committee asked New Zealand to better involve DPOs in the development of its second periodic report. 3.3.2 DPO and Civil Society Involvement in the Article 33 Mechanism The Government of New Zealand also set up a New Zealand Convention Coalition Monitoring Group (Convention Coalition), which is described as ‘a governance-level steering group by disabled peoples’ organisations’ that is tasked with providing the civil society input into the CRPD monitoring process. This Convention Coalition along with the New Zealand Human Rights
recommended that self-advocacy groups – especially self-advocacy groups of marginalised groups of people with disabilities – must be ‘strengthened and appropriately equipped’ in order to better facilitate participation. 3.2.3 DPO and Civil Society Involvement in Shadow Reporting There were several shadow reports written by civil society groups in Germany including BRK Allianz, which made a series of submissions to the CRPD Committee during the examination of Germany in 2014. However, there was limited participation of civil society in the development of the state report, which led the CRPD Committee to recommend that further efforts should be made in future state reporting to actively involve the representative organisations of persons with disabilities. 3.3 Civil Society Involvement in New Zealand 3.3.1 DPO and Civil Society Involvement in the State Report In 2013 the government of New Zealand developed principles of engagement with people with disabilities, which defined DPOs in accordance with the CRPD definition and recognised them as the representative organisations of people with disabilities. The Ministry of Social Development noted that involvement of DPOs does not preclude the involvement of other disability organisations ‘so long as DPOs always have the opportunity to participate.’ The ministry outlined five principles of engagement: ‘1. Government will engage with DPOs as representatives of disabled people 2. We involve the right people, at the right time, in the right work 3. We value the contribution of each party and make it easy to engage 4. We will be open, honest, transparent and creative in our engagement with each other 5. We jointly learn about how to engage with each other.’ Despite this involvement, in its Concluding Observations the CRPD Committee asked New Zealand to better involve DPOs in the development of its second periodic report. 3.3.2 DPO and Civil Society Involvement in the Article 33 Mechanism The Government of New Zealand also set up a New Zealand Convention Coalition Monitoring Group (Convention Coalition), which is described as ‘a governance-level steering group by disabled peoples’ organisations’ that is tasked with providing the civil society input into the CRPD monitoring process. This Convention Coalition along with the New Zealand Human Rights
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