Humanitarian action and persons with disabilities

This paper aims to carry out an analysis of the main issues regarding the inclusion of disability in the field of humanitarian action, both from a synchronic and a diachronic point of view (principles in transformation in the humanitarian and disability fields, historical perspective on the main international milestones in the matter, existing conceptual and normative frameworks, consensus reached regarding main needs and the responses to them, subsisting challenges...). To this end, a review of the main multilateral agreements and strategic documents will be carried out, as well as relevant literature on the subject, highlighting the prominent role of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Charter on the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, while also pointing out the gaps that still exist for their full implementation.