Monitoring and control of institutions and facilities as well as programmes for persons with disabilities Part of the AOB’s mandate is to visit and/or inspect institutions and facilities as well as programmes for persons with disabilities. The aim is to prevent any form of exploitation, violence and abuse (see Art. 16 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (3) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRDP). Based on the discussion that led to the final wording of the provision in the UN Convention, the AOB presumes that it has jurisdiction over those institutions and facilities where special treatment is provided for persons with disabilities and/or if they are especially geared towards persons with disabilities. This applies, for example to inclusion kindergartens and classes. The scope and meaning of the terms “exploitation, violence and abuse” in Art. 16 (3) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities cannot be answered definitively. The Convention itself does not contain an authentic interpretation of these terms. Furthermore, at this time there are no general comments by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In any case, the prohibition against “any form” of exploitation, violence and abuse makes the area of applicability especially large. Therefore, the AOB has referred back to additional international UN and Council of Europe documents. In its memorandum of understanding, the organisation Austrian Initiative for Independent Living (Selbstbestimmtes Leben Initiative Ös- terreich, SLIÖ) agreed to “extensive portions” of the statements set out by the AOB. It referred specifically, but not exclusively to the past remarks of the Independent Monitoring Committee for the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that was established within the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection that has dealt comprehensively with this subject. Additionally, the Austrian Initiative for Independent Living suggested including peer counsellors in the activities of the Commissions. The AOB made the memorandum of understanding available to the Commission and pointed out the possibility of consulting additional experts. 37