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(a)
Harmonize all disability-related national legislation and policies with the
Convention recognizing all persons with disabilities as subjects of human rights on
equal basis with others, including through ensuring close consultation with
representative organisations of persons with disabilities, in particular, persons with
intellectual and psychosocial disabilities;
(b)
Review its legislation and regulations to eliminate elements of medical
model of disability, including the disability qualification and certification system, to
ensure that all persons with disabilities, regardless impairment, receive the required
support in the community for having equal opportunities in society and full social
inclusion and participation;
(c)
Abolish derogatory language and legal restrictions, such as disqualifying
clauses, based on “physical or mental disorder”, within its national and municipal
legislation;
(d)
Japanese;

Ensure that all terms of the Convention are accurately translated into

(e)
Take necessary legislative and budgetary measures to eliminate the
regional and municipal gaps for providing necessary services and assistance to persons
with disabilities in the communities, including mobility support, personal assistance and
communication support.
9.

The Committee is further concerned about:

(a)
Insufficient involvement of persons with disabilities through their
representative organizations in consultations concerning legislation and public policies,
including those carried out by the National Consultative Council of Persons with Disabilities,
and the municipal and inter-municipal committees on accessibility;
(b)
Lack of comprehensive response to the stabbings occurred in 2016 at the
Tsukui Yamayuri-en facility, located in Sagamihara, mainly owing to eugenic and ableist
mindset in society;
(c)
Limited awareness of the rights recognized in the Convention among the
judiciary and justice sector professionals, policy- and lawmakers at the national and
municipal levels, as well as teachers, medical, health, building design and social workers,
and other professionals in connection with persons with disabilities.
10.
Recalling its General Comment No. 7 (2018) on Article 4.3 and 33.3:
Participation of persons with disabilities, including children with disabilities, through
their representative organizations in the implementation and monitoring of the
Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Ensure active, meaningful and effective consultations with the diversity of
representative organizations of persons with disabilities at national and municipal
levels, including through the means of alternative communication, accessibility and
reasonable accommodations, in public decision-making processes, paying attention to
self-advocates with disabilities and organisations of persons with intellectual
disabilities, persons with psychosocial disabilities, autistic persons, women with
disabilities, LGBTIQ+ persons with disabilities, persons living in rural areas, and those
requiring more intensive support, including in the implementation and monitoring of
and reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals;
(b)
Review the Tsukui Yamayuri-en case aiming at combating eugenic and
ableist attitudes and legal liability for promotion of such attitudes in society;
(c)
With the close involvement of organizations of persons with disabilities,
provide systematic capacity-building programmes on the rights of persons with
disabilities and the obligations of the State Party under the Convention, for the
judiciary and justice sector professionals, policy - and lawmakers, teachers, medical,
health and social workers, and all other professionals in connexion with persons with
disabilities.

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