A Year of Human Rights Covenants: Great Leap for Taiwan National Human Rights Commission, Taiwan i. Monitoring the human rights index of persons with disabilities: We developed the indicators and evaluation framework in reference to international documents relating to the CRPD and the National Human Rights Action Plan to periodically follow up on the CRPD implementation. Focusing on the role of the CRPD coordination mechanism in supervising the implementation of action plans by individual governmental agencies based on the corresponding concluding observations of the national report, we made concrete recommendations for collaboration and improvement. We also consulted with persons with disabilities and organizations representing them regarding the monitoring indicators and invited them to engage in the monitoring work. Migrant workers a. Concerns with the rights situation of foreign fishing crew and supervise activities to promote their rights In April 2022 we published the Road to Migrant Fishers’ Rights, the first of its kind on the rights of foreign fishing crew in Taiwan. We made claims and recommendations for reforms that earned us public acclaim. On March 17, 2023 the Organization for Migrant Fishers Rights (OMFR) and five NHRC staff members traveled to Yanpu Fishing Port in Donggang to visit the Taiwan Tuna Longline Association (TTLA). Yanpu Fishing Port in Donggang is located in the southwest corner of Pingtung. It is a traditional fishing harbor with small ii. Handling and investigating grievances of to medium fishing vessels practicing aquaculture, grievances in accordance with the “National longline fishing and trawl fishery), and distant the Handling of Human Rights Petitions and billfish, and shark. As Taiwan’s largest offshore persons with disabilities: We handled related coastal and offshore fisheries (offshore tuna Human Rights Commission Procedures for water fisheries, the major catches being the tuna, Appeals”. fisheries base and a distant water fisheries center, iii. Enhancing the involvement of persons with disabilities: Besides consulting with persons there are over 1,500 fishing vessels of different sizes operating in three oceans around the world. with disabilities and the organizations To implement the “action and dialogue with our oversight mechanism, we also organized of foreign fishing crew” co-organized by both accordance with the CRPD General Comment captains, and brokers in the office of TTLA by the foreign human rights institutions to ensure their crew member who just got off the ship in a Based on our plan, we will build an independent This collaboration project originated from the first 33 of the CRPD to promote, protect, and oversee To continue following up on the implementation representing them regarding the setup of interested parties on the human rights issues workshops and international activities, in parties, we interviewed ship owners, ship No. 7 and drawing upon the experience of harbor. Then, we interviewed a Filipino fishing effective participation. karaoke inside a roadside tin-sheet grocery store. oversight mechanism that complies with Article special report, Road to Migrant Fishers’ Rights. CRPD implementation. We will also hold forums, of the recommendations made in the special interview focus groups, and conduct surveys to seek the opinion and advice of the stakeholders. report, we expanded the interested party network organized three forums and conducted in- National Human Rights Commission 2022 Annual Report 51