Taiwan’s National Human Rights Commission will be established in the shortest possible time as part of efforts to continue bringing local laws and practices more in line with global standards, the Control Yuan said Jan. 8.
 
A task force is undertaking all requisite NHRC preparatory work, the Control Yuan said. This measure reflects the government’s two-decade commitment to satisfying the Paris Principles adopted in December 1993 by the U.N. General Assembly, the CY added.
 
According to the CY, the move follows promulgation earlier the same day by the Presidential Office of the Organic Law of the Control Yuan National Human Rights Commission and amendments to the Organic Law of the Control Yuan and Organic Act of the Control Yuan Committees.
 
The three bills passed the final reading at the Legislature Dec. 10, 2019, on International Human Rights Day.
 
Oversight of the NHRC will fall to the president of the Control Yuan and nine other members of the investigatory body. Its organizational brief includes reviewing complaints of abuses and discrimination, as well as drafting and proposing the National Human Rights Report and advising government agencies on related policymaking.
 
All preliminary work is to be completed before commencement of the new term for CY members Aug. 1, the Control Yuan said, adding that this deadline ensures full satisfaction of public expectations in regards to one of the most important issues in society. (SFC-E)
 
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