Marriage and Family Life
Disabilities Bill 2016 before
Parliament incorporates salient
provisions of CRPD including
freedom from exploitation, violence
and abuse as well as the right to
education, health and employment.
Fiji National Disability Policy (20082018) provides for an inclusive
framework for addressing disability.
State has allocated a significant
budget to the Fiji National Council
for Disabled Persons, bus fare
subsidies for persons with
disabilities and an Employment
Taxation Scheme to include
employment of persons with
disabilities for a period of years
with 300 percent tax deduction.
Legal Aid Commission assists with all
family law matters, Hague Convention,
child Adoption including inter-country
adoption as well as DVROs. While legal aid
is granted to both parties, legal aid
representation is granted to first in time
while the second in time will have their
matter briefed out to a private practitioner
and fee paid by Legal Aid Commission.