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U.N. panel urges Japan to finish segregated schooling of disabled children

A U.N. panel coping with the rights of individuals with disabilities urged Japan on Friday to finish particular schooling that segregates kids with disabilities from these with out, as a part of its suggestions for the nation over its insurance policies for the disabled.

The U.N. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities expressed issues over how an growing variety of disabled kids can not attend common colleges and known as on the Japanese authorities to undertake a nationwide motion plan on high quality inclusive schooling.

While highlighting the progress made by Japan in its insurance policies for disabled individuals, Jonas Ruskus, vice-chair of the committee and co-rapporteur for the nation, mentioned at a press briefing that Japan should reverse its “negative trend of (segregated) special education.”

The committee additionally urged Japan to “abolish all legal provisions, legitimating forced treatment” of individuals with disabilities, describing their “involuntary hospitalization” as “discrimination on the grounds of impairment.”

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