Part II ＞ Our Efforts and Transformation (e.g., low-income family) will receive a living allowance in accordance with Article 2 of the “Regulations of living assistance for persons with disabilities”. Yet when a person with disabilities is serving his term, this living allowance will be suspended in accordance with Article 4 of the same Regulations. Hence, no ameliorating measures will be implemented on inmates with disabilities who can handle the activities of daily living in the prison. Based on this rule, however, those who cannot work at the prison’s factory due to severe physical disabilities will suffer much difficulty in their daily lives. Based on the MOJ statistics, we found 28 inmates suffering from this situation in our investigation. “special project on the rights and interests of Although the suspension of living allowance for persons with disabilities under specific circumstances (e.g., imprisonment) is lawful, this was detrimental to human rights and violated the spirit of international human rights conventions, such as the CRPD. Hence, we initiated the establishment of an oversight mechanism that inmates with disabilities” on June 28, 2022. So far, we have held seminars with the Executive Yuan, MOJ, and Ministry of Health and Welfare in December 2022. Between December 2022 and March 2023, we visited inmates with disabilities in Hsinchu Prison, Chiayi Prison, Pingtung Detention Center, Taoyuan Prison, Taoyuan Women’s Prison, Tainan Detention Center, and Tainan Second Prison. d. Plan for the oversight mechanisms of CRPD: Developing related independent oversight mechanisms On September 15, 2021 we announced the would comply with Article 33 of the CRPD and included it in our 2022 strategic plan. In June 2022 we issued the “Plan for the oversight mechanism of CRPD”, with major contents including: ▋ Discussion with groups representing persons with disabilities between the IRC members and the NHRC at the post-review forum of the international review on the “Second National Report on the Implementation of CRPD”. 50 National Human Rights Commission 2022 Annual Report