Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-10-30

Vice President Chen Chien-jen says the government abides by the Convention on

the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Chen was speaking Monday at a meeting on the review of Taiwan’s first report on the CRPD. The UN convention became effective in 2008.

Chen said although Taiwan is not a UN member, the convention was written into law in 2014. Taiwan published its first national report on CRPD in 2016.

Chen said the government has taken concrete steps to implement CRPD as human rights protection is the government’s stated policy.

At the invitation of the vice president, experts from Japan, Britain, Sweden, Canada and the United States are in Taiwan to review the government’s report.
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