various accident scenarios. Despite the "national health insurance
database" set up by the Government, external cause codes are not filled
in all cases, resulting in a lack of complete records of injury locations,
mechanisms, activities and other basic information, making it difficult
to apply the data to injury prevention.
53. Recommendations:
(1) Revise the Implementation Plan for Child and Youth Safety as
soon as possible, and review its implementation on a regular basis
to effectively respond to the current situation of injury by
accident.
(2) The Government should actively promote "people-oriented
transportation" in the vicinity of schools and road sections with
high accident rates, so that the design of roads meets the needs of
children and all road users.
Issue 11 Children's Rights to Know and to be Heard
Complaint Mechanism for Children
54. On complaint mechanisms for children in §27-31 of the Second Report,
the NHRC collected data on complaint and petition mechanisms of
various agencies and found that from June 2020 to 2021, the national
complaint/petition mechanisms of central and local government
received more than 5.87 million complaints/petitions. Among them,
more than 27,000 cases were about children. However, the number of
complaints/petitions made by children themselves was 4,630,
accounting for only about 17% of all children-related complaints.
55. NHRC's findings from children's forums and MOHW's response to
inquiry35 are:
(1) Children most often use complaint mechanisms provided by the
central and local education systems, but there are several
shortcomings: personal information or identity of the child who
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In July 2021, a written inquiry was sent to the MOHW on the "Administrative Review for Children's
Complaint Mechanism", which was resolved by the 28th Consultation Meeting of the MOHW on
"Promotion of the Implementation Act of the CRC".
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