National Human Rights Commission is Continuously Advancing Forward T he National Human Rights Commission was civil servants with physical or mental disability, and founded in 2020 not only as a new government follow-up actions. agency, but a new system for promoting and protecting human rights at the national level. In the 3. Expression of independent opinions on national last year, the National Human Rights Commission report of human rights conventions: to express has been actively gathering issues and engaging independent opinions on "Convention on the Rights local and foreign parties in various exchange and of Persons with Disabilities"; and to gather and collaboration, and spent a great amount of time analyze information that is essential for expressing discussing, consulting, training, and exploring the independent opinions on "Convention on the Rights models, strategies, and plans by which the National of the Child" and "Convention on the Elimination of Human Rights Commission should operate. All Forms of Discrimination against Women." During the meeting held on January 20 this year, 4. To cooperate and interact with public and private the National Human Rights Commission passed organizations for the enhancement of human rights its "2021 Strategic Plan - Annual Task Plan" that protection. encompasses six strategies: 5. Connecting to the international human rights 1. Resolution and remedy of human rights violation: network: to exchange with international organizations to assist in the investigation of torture, human rights and human rights institutions of various countries violation, and incidents that involve any form of and cooperate with them on events such as training discrimination; to conduct national inquiries on programs and human rights conferences. investigative cases, such as "Minors who have been 66 sexually assaulted in places such as campuses, 6. Enhancement of social communication, human shelters, correctional schools, and youth detention rights awareness, and human rights education: to centers" and "How migrant workers raise their cooperate with government agencies on promoting children when working in a foreign country;" and to human rights education; to develop innovative organize NPM related operations by assembling a teaching materials and programs for human rights; to specialized panel which conducts regular visits to produce promotional materials in multiple languages; eight locations. and to create an accessible NHRC official website. 2. Establishment of human rights database and The mission of the National Human Rights indicators for study and review of national human Commission is to be a pillar of support for the rights policy: to create a human rights database disadvantaged and become a champion of integrity and a set of indicators and systems for reviewing for the nation. Its first anniversary marks only the compliance with human rights conventions; and beginning of a long journey ahead, one that the to examine existing regulations including current National Human Rights Commission is committed projects on rights of foreign fishermen, lockdown of to devote more efforts into raising human rights the Hoping Branch of Taipei City Hospital, rights of standards in Taiwan. The logo of National Human Rights Commission is inspired by Taiwan's five main ethnic groups and has been designed to resemble the geographic outline of Taiwan. The five separate lines also represent Taiwanese people's persistent pursuit for equality, freedom, diversity, justice, and democracy, and feature a purple color theme (the color of victimization).