97. Recommendations: The OCAC, MOL, and MOE should establish an
interdepartmental mechanism with clearly delineated responsibilities to
provide students with post-arrival support, assistance in filing complaints, and
access to complaint channels. In addition, extensive promotion is necessary to
prevent violations of the rights of students.
N. Right to housing
(a) Indigenous peoples
98. After Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan in 2009, the government passed the
Permanent Housing Policy for the Relocation of Indigenous Communities after
the Typhoon Morakot Disaster , which aimed to preserve the integrity, culture,
and way of life of Indigenous societies while avoiding the fragmentation or
separation of tribes.120 An investigation conducted by the Control Yuan in 2022
concluded that the Permanent Housing Policy violated the spirit of Article 10
of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Article 23 of the
Indigenous Peoples Basic Law . Issues arose because the Policy met neither the
needs of the indigenous communities’ original way of life nor the objectives
of village reconstruction. As a result, residents of the permanent housing have
faced land title disputes, insufficient tribal farmland and water resources,
limitations on burial grounds, restricted living space, and constraints on
industrial development.121 According to media reports, indigenous groups have
experienced many issues since the Permanent Housing Policy took effect. These
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Article 1 of the Ministry of the Interior Official Document No. 0990807888 ( 台 內 營 字 第 0990807888 號 函 ) regarding the
Permanent Housing Policy for the Relocation of Indigenous Communities after the Typhoon Morakot Disaster states that
the resettlement plan was formulated in the spirit of Article 20, Paragraph 1 of the Special Act for Post-Typhoon Morakot
Reconstruction (abolished on August 29, 2014), Article 23 of the Indigenous Peoples Basic Law , and the Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples passed by the United Nations in 2007. The goal of the policy was to preserve the integrity,
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culture, and way of life of Indigenous societies while avoiding the fragmentation or separation of tribes.
Control Yuan investigation report approved on April 19, 2022 (111 內調 0017)