Shining Light into Dark Corners
National Inquiries Thoroughly Research the
Issues of Social Policies and Structure, and Aim
to Find Solutions
Features of a National Inquiry:
Several Commissioners of the NHRC have
or consequences of the incident will be invited
mentioned topics related to the systemic national
to join an open session for the victims and their
inquir y, including the selection of issues. In
families to share their experience; they will then
response, Noonan indicated that it is necessary to
provide their observation results and their proposed
consider various factors and conditions to prioritize
plans for improvements.
NGOs, local social organizations, professional
institutions, and agencies related to the occurrence
the issues as each national inquiry requires a vast
amount of manpower, material resources, and time.
Subjects of a National Inquiry:
For the NHRC, coordination with and the support
The national inquiry is not implemented nor initiated
of civic groups are crucial.
by members of the NHRC individually. Each year,
the NHRC selects and concentrates on a couple
The national inquiry was initially developed by
(1 to 2) of topics after large-scale discussions,
the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).
collection and analysis of opinions; the NHRC
Different from Members of the Control Yuan
also communicates and educates people through
who focus on cases of human rights violation or
the media and performs follow-up tracking. The
dereliction of duty, the national inquiry targets
national inquiry aims for multiple goals, such as
systemic violation of human rights, thoroughly
unearthing truths, traumas consolation, human rights
researching the issues of social policies and
educations, raising awareness, and advocating
structure, and aims to find solutions for problems.
policies.
Commissioners of the National Human Rights Commission took a group photo with the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission.
The UK’s Equality and Human Rights
Commission Shared the Investigation Results
of Structural Discrimination Cases
O
The National Human Rights Commission held a video conference with the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
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n April 20, 2021, all commissioners of the
Department, Laura Mingins; Senior Associate of
National Human Rights Commission and
the Inquiries and Intelligence Department, Neil
two consultants of NHRC, Teng Yean-sen and Fort
Martin; head of the Enforcement Department,
Fu-Te Liao, conducted a video conference with
Joanna Gregson, and senior associate of the
the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission
Human Rights Monitoring Department, Matthew
(EHRC) for the first time. The representatives of
Blow. The representative of the British Office
EHRC have participated in the meeting, including
Taipei, John Dennis, and the head of the Political
the Acting Chief Executive Officer, Alastair
Section, Mark Fletcher, have also joined the
Pringle; head of the Stakeholder Engagement
conference.
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