A Year of Human Rights Covenants: Great Leap for Taiwan National Human Rights Commission, Taiwan IV. Human Rights Education A national human rights institution shall…assist in the formulation of programmes for the teaching of, and research into, human rights and to take part in their execution in schools, universities and professional circles; “Competence and Responsibilities,” Paris Principles a. Status of human rights education in Taiwan’s primary and secondary education In order to grasp the status and outcomes of implementation of human rights education in Taiwan’s primary and secondary education and to draw up the policy for the next-stage human rights education, we started the government self-assessment program in 2021 through the planning and implementation by the National Academy for Educational Research. To comply with the international standards, we made reference mainly to the review principles and frameworks of the “Plan of Action for the First Phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education” and the “Human Rights Education in Primary and Secondary School Systems: A Self-assessment Guide for Governments” published repectively by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and UN Human Rights Office of the Table 6 High Commissioner (OHCHR). After considering Taiwan’s situation and the program schedule, we proposed the review plan that suited the case of Taiwan. Apart from depicting the status of promotion and implementation of human rights education in Taiwan, we also made preliminary recommendations for the direction of policy planning for Taiwan’s human rights education. Please refer to Part IV Essays on Human Rights for the research outcomes. b. Assistance in professional training for human rights Provide the National Academy of Civil Service (NACS) with teaching materials, case study examples, and seminar questions. Including human rights issues in the orientation (pre-service) and on-the-job (in-service) training courses is the prime mission for ensuring frontline civil servants’ compliance with human rights regulations while carrying out their duties. In 2020 we began to provide the NACS with the case study examples on “human rights and development” for the promotion training and fundamental training. So far six of the 18 examples provided have been adopted by the NACS, accounting for 33% of the total, while the remaining 12 examples will be used in good time when the NACS adjusts its teaching materials (Table 6). Providing “Case Study Materials” for Training Program for Promotion of the National Academy of Civil Service Number of Seminar Questions Provided by the NHRC Number of Seminar Questions Adopted by NACS 2020 – 2021 18 6 (2 for each of the elementary, junior, and senior ranks) Total 18 6 National Human Rights Commission 2022 Annual Report 59