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The human rights record in Taiwan is generally held to have experienced significant transformation since the 1990s. The citizens in Taiwan can change their government through elections and are held to enjoy most basic rights, according to a 2004 Freedom House report. [ 2 ]
The National Human Rights Commission of Taiwan was founded on August 1, 2020 as Taiwan’s national human rights institution.The commission is designed to promote and protect human rights in Taiwan and fulfill the government's commitment to meet the Paris Principles.
The Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR; Chinese: 台灣人權促進會; pinyin: Táiwān Rénquán Cùjìn Huì) is a Taiwan based non-governmental organization which was established on International Human Rights Day, December 10, 1984. TAHR is the oldest independent human rights organization in Taiwan.
In 2001, the Taiwan government opened the Green Island Human Rights Culture Park (Chinese: 綠島人權文化園區) to commemorate those who had fought for Taiwan's freedom, democracy and human rights. [3] [4] In 2014, the park was registered as a recognized cultural landscape by the Taitung County Government. [5]
Human rights abuses in Taiwan (8 C, 3 P) A. Taiwanese human rights activists (2 C, 9 P) H. Human rights organizations based in Taiwan (2 P) I. Intersex rights in ...
The National Human Rights Museum is a ... research and educational materials relating to the period of martial law in Taiwan and works with museums in Taiwan and ...
The incident is considered to be one of the most important events in Taiwan's modern history and was a critical impetus for the Taiwan independence movement. [ 7 ] In 1945, following the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II , the Allies handed administrative control of Taiwan over to China, thus ending 50 years of Japanese colonial rule .
In 2007, the center was turned into a human rights memorial and museum featuring Taiwan's democracy movement at the suggestion of Vice President Annette Lu. In early April 2009, the Council for Cultural Affairs changed the name of the site to Jing-Mei Human Rights Memorial and Cultural Park. [2]