The IMM recommends that the Government:
38. Undertake a strategic review of the justice system to ensure that it is accessible and fit for purpose for disabled people to ensure equal access; recommended actions include, but are not limited to:
a. improving data collection by the Ministry of Justice and the courts;
b. undertaking mandatory and funded ‘accessibility audits’ of all Courts, Ministry of Justice and Department of Corrections facilities;
c. ensuring information about the justice sector is fully accessible both in terms of its individual components, and the various journeys that an individual may take through the justice system as a whole;
d. providing further training on disability rights and accessibility within the justice sector, including the effects of multiple discrimination;
e. encouraging and funding a significant increase in legal expertise on disability and human rights;
f. establishing and funding an independent advocacy service for disabled people;
g. reviewing any barriers that affect lawyers in private practice responding to disabled clients;
h. increasing resources for community law providers that provide disabilityrelated legal interventions; and
i. increasing an understanding of ‘neurodisability’ within the justice system and developing specific cognitive and communication responses to people with neurological impairments.