Japan will undergo a policy review by the U.N. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in late August following a two-year delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, sources close to the matter said Monday.
The review, Japan's first, will recommend nonlegally binding policy improvement measures to improve the lives and societal participation of people with disabilities. Japan ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2014.
Reviews of Japan's policies will take place from Aug. 22 to 23 in Geneva after the coronavirus pandemic delayed the process from its original summer 2020 start. The recommendations are expected within a month of the checks.