  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.

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