ABSTRACT
The roaring trend of institutionalisation and the underdevelopment of community-based services may cause a number of problems, such as neglect and human rights abuses in these large and isolated settings that are usually lack independent monitoring and oversight. Breaking the existing decision-making structure and power relationships is highly dependent on whether the kinds of social support prescribed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) can be provided in line with the human rights approach. In order to achieve this, awareness raising, a State Party’s obligation under Article 8 CRPD, is one of the critical starting points. The CRPD also requires States Parties to ensure the full and effective participation in all relevant public decision-making. The chapter also presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book.
