The Seven Firsts Important Changes Promoted in the Past 3 Years 1 First-time presentation of independent opinions to international review committees on national reports After the NHRC was established, we embarked on preparing independent opinions on human rights conventions state reports for the first time. In 2022 we attended a series of four reviews on the implementation of five human rights conventions under Taiwan’s reporting mechanism. Most of our opinions were taken into account by international experts and included in their concluding observations. In demonstrating the commitment to human rights as our national foundation, Taiwan not only voluntarily implemented human rights conventions, but also invited international experts to review our national reports in Taiwan. Taiwan began with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 2009, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) (hereinafter referred to as the “Two Covenants”) in 2013. Progressively we aimed at developing Taiwan’s national reporting mechanism. 2 First-time participation in Constitutional Court as an expert witness The Constitutional Court Procedure Act was implemented on January 4, 2022. We were appointed as the “expert agency” at the oral argument by the constitutional court to state our opinion on international human rights and present “written comments”. Before the Act was implemented, we had assisted in the constitutional interpretation proceeding as a “friend of the court” (amicus curiae), such as the constitutional interpretation on compulsory labor on October 12, 2021. In 2022 we appeared in the court oral argument of four cases on indigenous identity, national health insurance research database, Sirayan identity, and the gender equality concerning women’s leadership position in ancestor worship guilds. Additionally, we also wrote a comment on the case regarding the recusal of judges from criminal litigation procedure. No court decision has yet been made by the closing time of the annual report. 10 National Human Rights Commission 2022 Annual Report