Action and Biwako Plus Five
towards an Inclusive, Barrierfree and Rights-based Society
for Persons with Disabilities in
Asia and the Pacific.
The Incheon Strategy will
enable the Asia-Pacific region
to track progress towards
improving the quality of life, and
the fulfilment of the rights, of
the region’s 650 million persons
with disabilities, most of whom
live in poverty. The ESCAP
secretariat is mandated to
report every three years until the
end of the Decade in 2022, on
progress in the implementation
of the Ministerial Declaration
and the Incheon Strategy.
General Assembly
Resolution 48/96 of December
20, 1993 adopted the Standard
Rules on the Equalization of
Opportunities for Persons with
Disabilities, in which persons
with disabilities are recognized
as both development agents
and beneficiaries in all aspects
of development.
The Beijing Declaration on
Disability-Inclusive Development
adopted on June 8, 2012 by the
Beijing Forum with the theme
“removing barriers, promoting
integration”, which, inter alia,
recognized the significance of
accelerating the ratification
and implementation of the
Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities, and
incorporating the disability
dimension in the United Nations
development agenda beyond
2015 in diverse sectors.
The development of the
Incheon Strategy to “Make
the Right Real” for persons
with disabilities in Asia and
the Pacif ic was derived
from the experience s in
the implementation of two
consecutive Asian and Pacific
Decades of Disabled Persons,
1993–2002 and 2003–2012,
as well as the historic adoption
by the General Assembly, in
2006, of the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities.
The responses of
Governments and organisations
of and for persons with
disabilities to the ESCAP
Disability Survey 2011–2012
on the final review of the Asian
and Pacific Decade of Disabled
Persons, 2003–2012, provided
a rich evidence base for
developing the Incheon Strategy.
INCHEON STRATEGY GOAL
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Reduce poverty
and enhance work
and employment
prospects
The Incheon Strategy is
not intended to replicate the
comprehensive coverage of the
Biwako Millennium Framework
for Action and Biwako Plus Five
towards an inclusive, barrierfree and rights-based Society
for Persons with Disabilities in
Asia and the Pacific, and the
Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities, which
will all continue to serve as the
overarching policy framework
for regional work in the field of
disability.
The Incheon goals and
targets are time-bound for
accelerating implementation
by focusing particular attention
on the achievement of a set
of priority goals and targets
during the course of the new
Decade, 2013–2022, as well
as facilitating the measurement
of progress to be attained by
countries and territories in the
Asia-Pacific region.
KEY PRINCIPLES AND POLICY
DIRECTION
The Incheon Strateg y is
based on the principles of the
Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities:
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Respect for inherent dignity,
i n d i v i d u a l a u t o n o m y,
including the freedom to
make one’s own choices, and
independence of persons;
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Non-discrimination;
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Full
and
effective
participation and inclusion in
society;
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Respect for difference and
acceptance of persons with
disabilities as part of human
diversity and humanity;
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Equality of opportunity;
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Accessibility;
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Equality between men and
women; and
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Respect for the evolving
capacities of children with
disabilities and respect for
the right of children with
disabilities to preserve their
identities.
In order to realize and
protect the rights of persons
with disabilities in the AsiaPacific region, the Incheon
Strateg y underscores the
following policy direction:
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Legislative, administrative
and other measures
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