Minimum Standards for Age and Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Action

The humanitarian principle of impartiality, to provide assistance on the basis of need and without discrimination, requires agencies working in emergencies to reduce barriers so that people with disabilities and older people are not purposefully or inadvertently excluded from the humanitarian response.

The Minimum Standards for Age and Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Action have been developed for all humanitarian actors to guide at every stage of the response. The Standards are intended to inform the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian programs; to strengthen accountability to people with disabilities and older people; and to support advocacy, capacity-building and preparedness measures on age and disability across the humanitarian system.