IASC Guidelines, Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, 2019 - Braille

Date published
19 Nov 2019
Type
Tools, guidelines and methodologies
Keywords
Accountability and Participation, Accountability to affected populations (AAP), Development & humanitarian aid, Disability, COVID-19, Epidemics & pandemics, humanitarian action, Humanitarian Principles
Countries
Global
Use in Humanitarian Programme Cycle
All phases of the HPC
Organisations
Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
Link
https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/iasc-task-team-inclusion-persons-disabilities-humanitarian-action/documents/iasc-guidel

The guidelines set out essential actions that humanitarian actors must take in order to effectively identify and respond to the needs and rights of persons with disabilities who are most at risk of being left behind in humanitarian settings.

The recommended actions in each chapter place persons with disabilities at the centre of humanitarian action, both as actors and as members of affected populations. They are specific to persons with disabilities and to the context of humanitarian action and build on existing and more general standards and guidelines.

These are the first humanitarian guidelines to be developed with and by persons with disabilities and their representative organizations in association with traditional humanitarian stakeholders. Based on the outcomes of a comprehensive global and regional multi-stakeholder consultation process, they are designed to promote the implementation of quality humanitarian programmes in all contexts and across all regions, and to establish and increase both the inclusion of persons with disabilities and their meaningful participation in all decisions that concern them.

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