A Year of Human Rights Covenants: Great Leap for Taiwan National Human Rights Commission, Taiwan ● Difficulty in the comprehensive analysis on the impacts of COVID-19 and the post-COVID-19 recovery plans due to insufficient gender statistics of women from disadvantaged groups. The IRC for the Fourth National Report on CEDAW was formed by five members, including Chair Heisoo Shin, Niklas Bruun, Ayşe Feride Acar, Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, and Esther Eghobamien-Mshelia. During the universal review period, they were concerned about issues including the NHRC’s independence and separation from the Control Yuan, the status of grievances affairs, and how the NHRC engaged with the Constitutional Court, the follow-up actions for the NHRC’s promotion of participation in the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF), and the incorporation of the pension plan in the distribution of marital property after divorce. They also requested us to answer their concerns on-site or in writing by a time-limit. The IRC announced 86 concluding observations at the press conference on December 2, 2022. We also invited IRC members to the NHRC for an in-depth opinion exchange that afternoon. Apart from recognizing the quality of our Independent Opinions on the CEDAW, IRC Chair Heisoo Shin, based on the experience of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, reminded that NHRIs must defend their independence and show their willingness to accept challenges from without. In the meeting, the IRC members and the NHRC further exchanged opinions on issues including the NHRC’s engagement with the Constitutional Court, the NHRC’s relation to the legislature, investigation and grievance mechanisms, gender equality and sexual harassment prevention in business, and the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention). ▋ IRC members of the 2022 International Review of the National Report on CEDAW at the NHRC. National Human Rights Commission 2022 Annual Report 39