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United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy: A framework to accelerate transformative change for persons with disabilities in the peace and security pillar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2022

Abstract

The United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy establishes the first-ever framework for the United Nations system to advance disability inclusion across all pillars of the Organization's work, including the peace and security pillar, and to measure the progress made across the system. Evidence reported since the launch of the Strategy in 2019 demonstrates that the Strategy has provided a clear impetus among United Nations entities and peace operations working in the sector to address the rights of persons with disabilities, who are among the most marginalized in any crisis-affected community. However, the evidence also reveals that while humanitarian entities have made progress since the launch of the Strategy, disability inclusion remains an emerging area of work for peace operations in the field. The article argues that the Strategy's accountability framework has provided a much-needed blueprint and ability to monitor progress across the system, yet far more needs to be done to ensure that the United Nations system is equipped to respond to complex situations and reach the furthest behind first.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the ICRC.

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References

1 United Nations, Policy Brief: A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19, May 2020, available at: www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/2020/05/sg_policy_brief_on_persons_with_disabilities_final.pdf (all internet references were accessed in November 2022).

2 United Nations, United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy, June 2019, available at: www.un.org/en/content/disabilitystrategy/assets/documentation/UN_Disability_Inclusion_Strategy_english.pdf.

3 United Nations General Assembly, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, General Assembly Resolution 61/106, UN Doc. A/RES/61/106, 24 January 2007.

4 United Nations, Report of the Secretary-General: Mainstreaming Disability Inclusion in the United Nations System, forthcoming, 2022.

5 Ibid.

6 Ibid.

7 Ibid.

8 United Nations Security Council, Resolution 2475 (2019), UN Doc. S/RES/2475 (2019), 20 June 2019.

9 United Nations, Guidelines on Consulting Persons with Disabilities: Indicator 5, May 2021, available at: www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/un_disability-inclusive_consultation_guidelines.pdf.