A Year of Human Rights Covenants: Great Leap for Taiwan
National Human Rights Commission, Taiwan
ii. Japan adopts a program of ranking and
division in drawing up the treatment plan and
adjustment for individual cases to facilitate
social reentry.
iii. The competent authorities of Japan also
provided for the “probation officers” to
coordinate various support resources and
help offenders re-enter communities for
independent living. Taiwan should probably
consider such an arrangement.
iv. Offenders still need to be treated fairly to
prevent discrimination and violation of their
human rights.
v. Eliminating social bias through diversification
and deinstitutionalization of treatment to
progressively bridge the reality-ideal gap.
vi. NGO initiatives and international review are
the driving force to advance the human rights
of offenders with mental disabilities.
vii. In Japan a rental system is introduced to
promote resource sharing and circulation
among persons with disabilities. It reduces
the procurement cost, becoming a tool for
helping independent living.
c. Human rights project for inmates with
disabilities
This project owes its origin to the 2018
investigation on whether or not correctional
facilities can help inmates with neurocognitive
disorder access the required services during
their terms to achieve the goal of “habilitation
and rehabilitation” as specified in Article 26 of
the CRPD. Moreover, in terms of Article 9, the
proportion of “inmates holding disability ID and
unable to work” accounted for 8.29%, 6.78%,
and 5.90% respectively of “inmates with disability
ID” from 2016 to 2018.
Currently, persons with disabilities holding a
disability ID and meeting specific requirements
▋ Discussion and seminar with the reviewers of the international review on the “Second International Review on the Implementation of CRPD.”
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