Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Japan (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes with interest the detailed information supplied by the Government in its reports covering the period ending in July 1996. It notes in particular that programmes on the employment of persons with disabilities and a Government Action Plan for Persons with Disabilities were adopted in 1992, 1993 and 1995. It would be grateful if the Government would continue to supply information on the implementation of these programmes, both in law and in practice (Article 2 of the Convention), particularly with regard to measures for persons with mental disorders (Article 3), and on measures taken to ensure equality of opportunity and treatment for disabled men and women workers (Article 4) and to enable disabled persons in general to advance in employment (Article 7). Lastly, please describe in greater detail the membership and operational procedures of the Central Deliberative Council (Article 5).