Independent Opinion of CEDAW assaulted.13 For a long time, the judiciary, police and immigration administration have been working separately. Without an authority in charge to integrate the interpreter system, there are huge differences in interpreters’ compensation, benefits, and service quality.14 Recommendation 6 The government should work together across agencies to improve the forensic interview system for sexual assault cases, link it to existing criminal procedures, provide guidelines, improve training, and regularly evaluate the system. There is a particular need to protect the rights of child or mentally disabled witnesses and victims to due process and respect for the value of their testimony.15 Recommendation 7 The Executive Yuan and the Judicial Yuan should integrate resources, establish a preservice and on-the-job training system for interpreters, ensure the quality and accuracy of interpretation; create a certification and rating mechanism for interpreters; 13 Control Yuan investigative report Migrant Workers’ Personal Safety and Labor Rights, approved March 16, 2022; Control Yuan investigative report Interpretation in Case of Sexual Assault on Migrant Caregivers, approved March 7, 2019; etc. 14 For example, the MOL’s Local Government Operational Guidelines for Non-Profit Organizations Accompanying Foreigners for Questioning subsidies NT$600 per case within the first two hours during daytime and NT$1,200 per case within the first two hours during nighttime while the Judicial Yuan’s Regulations for Contracting Court Interpreters compensates interpreters with approximately NT$1,000 to NT$5,000 per case.

15 Control Yuan, General Case Study on Child Sexual Abuse Prevention investigative report, approved on August 17, 2021. ¯14¯