A Year of Human Rights Covenants: Great Leap for Taiwan
National Human Rights Commission, Taiwan
IV. Towards an expert and
independent NHRC
A National Human Rights Institution was
arguably the cherry on the cake of the
Taiwanese human rights monitoring system.
instruments in international human rights
law, identify the responsibility of State actors
and formulate recommendations to alert on
abuse and provide recommendations for
systemic reforms to make rights protection
and promotion more effective.
But it is also the most challenging one. A
Taiwanese civil society has long pushed for
rights monitoring system home and makes
are high. The NHRC is still a young
is also meant to preserve its independence
and the commitment of the NHRC’s team in
can sometimes be challenging. As explained
expectations. But the future starts now and
consistent and systematic analysis of a very
important issues listed in its strategic work
through interactions with society (inquiries,
indicator of how much closer it has gone
holders, public hearings, etc.), assess
and amplify the voices of marginalized
Human Rights Institution brings the human
the establishment of an NHRC. Expectations
it permanent, not once every four years. It
organization and I am convinced that time
from the State while being part of it which
the long run will allow it to live up to these
throughout this article, its job is to make
the way the NHRC will tackle some of the
varied set of human rights issues mainly
plan in the next three years will be a first
dialogues with civil society actors and rights
to strengthening human rights in Taiwan
them through the lens of all the available
communities.
▋ The author and the NHRC visited the French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights.
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