A Year of Human Rights Covenants: Great Leap for Taiwan National Human Rights Commission, Taiwan VII. Strengthening the NHRC’s human rights education function In other words, the NHRC should develop its The NHRC is advised to conduct an overall assistance. The “assistant” and “overseer” roles help government agencies implement human and complementary relationship. Hence, the Principles, a national human rights institution shall rights education plan and assist the government own professional competencies, including policy recommendation, engagement in teaching and teaching materials design, so as to provide government agencies with professional assessment and plan comprehensively to of the NHRC can be considered as a continuous rights education. In accordance with The Paris NHRC should oversee the government’s human 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. In accordance with the Organic Act, the NHRC shall have the responsibility of monitor[ing] the effectiveness of government agencies in promoting human rights education, enhancing human rights awareness, and handling matters involving human rights. Additionally, Article 9 of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training stipulates States should recognize that national human rights institutions can play an important role, including, where necessary, a coordinating role, in promoting human rights education and training by, inter alia, raising awareness and mobilizing relevant public and private actors. The APF explicitly states that a national human rights institution should meet the following three requirements to provide human rights education: (a) a strategic human rights education plan supported by sufficient resources; (b) human rights education workers equipped with professional competencies; and (c) effective resources, including education workers and teaching materials. in improving services so as to fulfill its human rights obligations. VIII. Addressing student human rights in a multicultural social environment and promoting human rights education in familie In our research process, student and parent groups reflected on the many imperfections of campus student rights implementation, and recommend the NHRC launch a systemic investigation, as well as oversee authorities to draw up improvement plans, addressing the generally poor student rights compliance in private schools. Student and parent groups also pointed out that there were insufficient interventions and corrections from authorities. Although existing student grievance systems are generally comprehensive, students lack necessary support when filing grievances. The unfriendliness of the system for students, particularly the time-consuming grievance process, can cause troubles. Furthermore, when a teacher is evaluated, student opinion is not considered. This deprives students of their ability to speak up against unqualified teachers. Additionally, some schools still imposed barriers National Human Rights Commission 2022 Annual Report 87