3.1 Promoting human rights awareness among public servants, the police,
corrections officers, the justice system, and military personnel
Reason for selection
1.
The purpose of human rights education is to promote awareness of
human rights values and beliefs among the general public, foster
mutual respect between classes and ethnic groups, and ultimately,
achieve the goal of human rights protection. In Point 66 of the
concluding observations on Taiwan’s Third National Report on the
Two Covenants, the IRC recommended that the NHRC should take the
lead in designing and introducing human rights education curricula at
all educational levels. Furthermore, in Points 17 and 18 of the
concluding observations on Taiwan’s Fourth National Report on
CEDAW, the IRC recommended that all judiciary personnel should
undergo human rights training. Therefore, human rights education is
one of the most crucial tasks for the NHRC.
Significance
2.
1)
Working with the Executive Yuan, Examination Yuan, and Judicial
Yuan to develop tailored yet systematic human rights education
lesson plans, teaching materials, and teacher training programs.
2)
Monitoring the execution of the National Human Rights Action
Plan, based on which the Executive Yuan will establish a human
rights education monitoring and evaluation system in accordance
with the UN’s Human Rights Education Training Handbook;
monitoring the implementation of the system based on Topic 1.4 of
this plan.
3.
Expected outcomes
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