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Residential registration system
14.
The Committee expresses concern at the discriminatory impact of the residential
registration system (hô khâu) on access by internal migrants to social services, and the
enjoyment of other rights, such as housing rights and the right to water and sanitation
(art. 2, para. 2).
Recalling the constitutional guarantee of freedom of movement and residence within
the country, the Committee urges the State party to ensure that change of residence,
even temporarily, does not affect the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural
rights. In particular, the Committee recommends that the State party immediately lift
the requirement of residential registration for accessing social benefits, housing,
services, such as water and sanitation, and school registration, and that it modify the
current residential registration system to make it fully compatible with human rights
standards.
Persons with disabilities
15.
The Committee notes with concern that persons with disabilities are discriminated
against in the enjoyment of several rights, such as the right to education and the right to
work, in spite of the adoption of the 2010 Law on Persons with Disabilities. Moreover, the
Committee is concerned that the new package of tax exemptions and other benefits for
enterprises where persons with disabilities make up at least 30 per cent of the personnel
favours the creation of segregated enterprises (art. 2, para. 2).
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Allocate sufficient resources for the implementation of the 2012–2020
National Action Plan on Disability, especially with regard to accessibility and the
provision of reasonable accommodation, particularly in rural areas;
(b)
Undertake awareness-raising campaigns to eliminate cultural barriers
and prejudices against persons with disabilities;
(c)
Actively recruit persons with disabilities in the public sector and
reinstate the quota system, including in the private sector;
(d)
Put in place an effective system of assessing the enjoyment of economic,
social and cultural rights of persons with disabilities;
(e)
Expedite the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities.
Discrimination against women
16.
The Committee notes with concern that, owing to their role as main caregivers in the
family, women in the State party work primarily in the informal economy where working
hours are more flexible. The Committee is further concerned at measures taken by the State
party that de facto perpetuate this discriminatory situation, such as the maintenance of the
provisions on the care-giving role of women in the new Law on Marriage and Family and
the gender-biased training plans on skills such as sewing and knitting (art. 3).
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Amend all legislative provisions which are discriminatory to women,
such as those in the Law on Marriage and Family, as well as the different retirement
ages for men and women;
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