National Human Rights Commission (Taiwan)
The National Human Rights Commission of Taiwan was founded on August 1, 2020. The commission is designed to promote and protect human rights in Taiwan and fulfill the government's commitment to meet the Paris Principles.[1][2][3][4] The first chair of the commission is Chen Chu.[5]
The Presidential Office Human Rights Consultative Committee (總統府人權諮詢委員會) ceased operations on May 19, 2020 after the Organic Act of the Control Yuan National Human Rights Commission (《監察院國家人權委員會組織法》) was implemented on May 1, 2020.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Tsai launches Taiwan's National Human Rights Commission". Taiwan Today.
- ^ "Taiwan establishes National Human Rights Commission". Focus Taiwan.
- ^ "Taiwan establishes National Human Rights Commission". Taiwan News.
- ^ "Organic Act of the Control Yuan National Human Rights Commission - Article Content - Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China". Retrieved 2020-08-01.
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- ^ "The Presidential Office Human Rights Consultative Committee". Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan). Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ 總統府人權諮詢委員會. 中華民國總統府 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 10 August 2020.