The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) introduced a new paradigm for persons with disabilities.It shifted policy and policy implementation from a charitable and medical approach to one based on rights.
The international system has also become more inclusive following adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015), which affirms that no one should be left behind and that those who are furthest behind should be supported first.The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015) and the One Humanity Shared Responsibility: Report of the Secretary-General for the World Humanitarian Summit (2016) affirm the same principles, as do many commitments that derive from the World Humanitarian Summit, including the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action.
The United Nations (UN) is currently revising its system-wide policies to become more inclusive of persons with disabilities.In March 2019 it adopted the UN Disability Inclusion Strategy, under which UN entities, country teams and humanitarian country teams will measure and track their performance with respectto disability inclusion.
The World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 made a commitment to develop globally endorsed system-wide guidelines on how to includepersons with disabilities in humanitarian action (the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, mentioned above). These guidelines have been designed to provide practical information for humanitarian actors and otherrelevant stakeholders. They place persons with disabilities, and their human rights, at the centre of humanitarian action.