A Year of Human Rights Covenants: Great Leap for Taiwan
National Human Rights Commission, Taiwan
▋ Members of the NHRC and the NACS at the “cooperative education campaign to promote human rights awareness among civil
servants.”
concerning women’s leadership position in
ancestor worship guilds, protection of personal
freedom, human rights protection for offenders
with psychosocial disabilities under custodial
protection, alleged violation of the freedom of
marriage of domestic spouses when foreign
spouses are unable to enter Taiwan for
reunion, due procedure for handling campus
bullying, revelation of the lack of awareness
of the rights for persons with disabilities when
autism spectrum disorder (ASD) sufferers are
maltreated in the mass rapid transit system,
health and safety concerning the packaged
soy sauce labeling regulations, disaster
prevention plan for the emergency escape
of persons with disabilities, blaming children
with Tourette syndrome as troublemakers, the
situation and right to family reunion of children
with PRC spouses under COVID-19 pandemic,
the childcare difficulties of children of migrant
workers in Taiwan, and whether it is reasonable
to terminate the employment contracts of
migrant workers causing fatalities to others when
jaywalking on the vehicle lane against the law.
NHRC staff training
The human rights education of the national civil
service system begins from the NHRC. Since
the NHRC was established, we have spared
no efforts in providing professional human
rights training for NHRC staff. During August
1, 2021 to December 31, 2022, we arranged
a total of 57 hours of training courses for over
952 attendees. Additionally, aiming to improve
organizational effectiveness and resilience, we
invited scholars to plan courses and develop
the training syllabus of the NHRC that combined
the services we offered over the past two years,
including experiences exchange between
domestic and foreign human rights institutions.
In 2022 we planned the learning map for the
institutionalization of human rights, human rights
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