Reseña

Colombia has made important progress in reforming various laws and policies
contrary to the CRPD, as well as issuing new regulations consistent with international
standards, notably Law 1618 of 2013. In addition, the country now has a
National Disability and Social Inclusion Policy, which it adopted in 2013 through
CONPES 166, a document developed in a participatory manner along with persons
with disabilities, their representative organizations and their families. This
document is centered on the CRPD and the social model, and has replaced previous
public policies (CONPES 80, 2004) that promoted a focus on the social
management of risk when addressing disability. However, enormous challenges
remain to make Colombian society a society for all in which persons with disabilities
are effectively included and their rights fully guaranteed. This report explores
these challenges in depth and proposes various recommendations.