Disability Rights Monitoring: Focus on the Sustainable Development Goals

The ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) created the space for persons with disabilities and their representative organizations to be at the center of global sustainable development processes. In turn, organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) have meaningfully engaged in advocacy to ensure the rights of persons with disabilities are realized in national policies. Yet, despite incredible efforts, persons with disabilities remain left behind after 5 years into the implementation of the SDGs, particularly due to the lack of disability data to monitor the SDGs. This entry explores the evolution of advocacy of the inclusion of persons with disabilities into the 2030 Agenda, participation in follow up and review mechanisms, and how this in turn influences national policies.