NHRI and UN HR conventions

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Written contribution for draft GC 38: Current Status of the Practice of Freedom of Association in Taiwan

The United Nations Human Rights Committee decided to develop a General Comment on article 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and call for input to provide relevant information to be taken into consideration by the Committee during the preparation of the first draft. This concept note of Taiwan is provide to UN by TAHR. It was oringianly written in Chinese. The English translation was initially generated with the assistance of AI (Gemini 1.5 Flash, Google) and further refined by the author for technical accuracy. Current Status of the Practice of Freedom of Association in Taiwan Although Taiwan has undergone democratization, the…

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[Joint Statement]China: Release Taiwanese Activist Li Ming-Che

Today, 19 March 2020, marks the third anniversary of the arbitrary detention of Taiwanese human rights defender Li Ming-Che by the Chinese authorities. Since his arbitrary arrest, Li Ming-Che’s rights have continued to be violated while in detention. We, the undersigned national and international organisations, strongly condemn these violations and call on the Government of China to release him and end the use of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances against activists and human rights defenders. Li Ming-Che is currently detained in Chi-Shan prison, Hunan Province. Li Ming-Che worked for the promotion of civil and political rights in Taiwan and in…

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Indigenous people are not criminals! –Joint petition for the indigenous hunter, Talum

Talum (Mr. Kuang-Lu, Wang) is an indigenous hunter in Taiwan. Talum is his traditional name in Bunun tribe. However, he was sentenced guilty because he practiced his culture rights, hunting. Talum went hunting because his 94-years-old sick mother wanted to eat the meat from the mountain. On Oct. 29, Taiwan’s criminal Supreme Court rejected Talum’s appeal against the High Court’s judgment of guilty in two accusations, illegal possession of guns and illegal hunt for a Muntjac, which belongs to endangered species. Although article 21-1 of Wildlife Conservation Act excludes the indigenous people’s hunting for their traditional culture, the judge said…

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Time for a meaningful rights body

THE EDITORIAL of Taipei Times, 2014 April 26th: Time for a meaningful rights body Taiwanese human rights advocates were joined by several foreign counterparts on Thursday in calling for an independent national human rights commission to be established, one that actually has the power to conduct investigations. However, their appeal will likely end up being just another statement in a debate about commissions that goes back decades. There has been talk about establishing an official rights commission since January 2000, shortly before the first transfer of power from a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) administration. The key sticking point over the years…

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Rights advocates call for independent commission

Home / Taiwan News  Fri, Apr 25, 2014 – Page 3　 Rights advocates call for independent commission   By Loa Iok-sin  /  Staff reporter     Rosslyn Noonan, former chair of New Zealand’s National Human Rights Commission, left, and Henri Tiphagne, chairperson of FORUM-ASIA, right, attend a press conference organized by Covenants Watch and Taiwan Association for Human Rights in the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Lo Pei-der, Taipei Times Human rights advocates from Taiwan and abroad affiliated with the Asian NGO Network for National Human Rights Institutions yesterday called for the establishment of an independent national human rights commission with…

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La face cachée de Taïwan: leçons à tirer de la mise en œuvre des deux pactes relatifs aux droits de l’Homme Taipei, Paris, 22 avril 2013. En fév

  Fédération Internationale des ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH) Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) La face cachée de Taïwan: leçons à tirer de la mise en œuvre des deux pactes relatifs aux droits de l'Homme   Taipei, Paris, 22 avril 2013. En février, la FIDH et TAHR ont participé à une semaine de réunions organisées par le gouvernement taiwanais et un panel d'experts internationaux pour examiner les progrès réalisés dans la mise en œuvre en droit national du PIDCP et du PIDESC.[1] Dans un rapport publié aujourd'hui, “La face cachée de Taïwan: leçons à tirer de la mise…

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The hidden face of Taiwan: lessons learnt from the ICCPR/ICESCR review process

    International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) The hidden face of Taiwan:  lessons learnt from the ICCPR/ICESCR review process   Taipei, Paris. 22 April 2013. In February, FIDH and TAHR attended a week of meetings organized by the government of Taiwan and a panel of international experts to review progress achieved in the domestic implementation of ICCPR and ICESCR.[1] In a report published today, “The hidden face of Taiwan: lessons learnt from the ICCPR/ICESCR review process”, FIDH and TAHR highlight their key findings and recommendations, and conclude that while key legislation and important…

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CCPR & ESCR Report Review information

  CCPR & ESCR Report Review(兩公約人權報告國際審查相關資訊整理) 25-27 February 2013, Taipei  Date 時間: 2/25-27  Venue 地點:公務員人力發展中心(地圖/MAP) Review Committee Member 審查委員  ICCPR Review Committees 公民與政治權利公約審查委員 EN 英 | CH 中 1. The Review Committee for ICCPR Report consists of five members, namely Nisuke Ando (Japan), Jerome A. Cohen (U.S.A), Shanthi Dairiam（Malaysia）, Asma Jahangir (Pakistan) and Manfred Nowak (Austria).    ICESCR  Review Committees 經濟社會與文化公約審查委員 EN 英 | CH 中 2. The Review Committee for ICESCR Report consists of five members, namely Philip G. Alston (Australia), Theodoor Cornelis van Boven (Netherlands), Virginia Bonoan-Dandan（Philippines）, Eibe Riedel Germany), and Heisoo Shin (Korea).   Provisional Agenda  議程    agenda of reviewing the initial report on ICCPR  公民與政治權利公約  EN 英 | CH…

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Taiwan: a call to authorities ahead of the ICCPR/ICESCR review next February

Following a fact-finding mission to Taiwan in November, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) made an assessment of the government's on-going efforts to address core human rights challenges highlighted in the initial State reports on ICCPR and ICESCR, released last April. The mission found that in spite of progress, major contradictions continue to oppose domestic laws, policies and regulations to international human rights standards.

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FIDH& TAHR–Joint Statement Taiwan: Initial State Report on ICCPR & ICESCR

  International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR)   Joint Statement Taiwan: Initial State Report on ICCPR & ICESCR April 25, 2012, Paris-Taipei – The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) take note of the long awaited initial state report on ICCPR and ICESCR released by the Taiwanese government on April 20th 2012. We welcome the fact that the government is going to organize an international panel  to examine the state report. However, FIDH and TAHR call upon the government to consult civil society both at national…