Human Rights and Disability A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions 6.5. ASIA PACIFIC: UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Unlike the African, European and Americas regions, the Asia Pacific region does not possess a regional human rights treaty or human rights body The 2012 Incheon Strategy to ‘Make the Right Real’ for Persons with Disabilities – concluded between governments under the auspice of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific – is a regional document that seeks to put into practice the principles and goals of the UN CRPD during the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities (2013–2022).237 The Strategy centres on ten goals: 1. Reduce poverty and enhance work and employment prospects 2. Promote participation in political processes and in decision making 3. Enhance access to the physical environment, public transportation, knowledge, information and communications 4. Strengthen social protection 5. Expand early intervention and education for children with disabilities 6. Ensure gender equality and women’s empowerment 7. Ensure disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction and management 8. Improve the reliability and comparability of disability data 9. Accelerate the ratification of the UNCRPD and harmonisation of national legislation with the Convention 10. Advance regional, sub regional and interregional cooperation. 237 88 More information on the Incheon Strategy is available at www.unescap.org/resources/incheon-strategy-%E2%80%9Cmakeright-real%E2%80%9D-persons-disabilities-asia-and-pacific.