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Topic: Human rights in Taiwan

	Encyclopedia: Human rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These rights commonly include the right to life, the right to an adequate standard of living, freedom from torture and other mistreatment, freedom of religion and of expression, freedom of movement, the right to self-determination, the right to education, and the right to participation in cultural and political life.
		Rights may also be non-derogable (not limited in times of national emergency); these often include the right to life, the right to be prosecuted only according to the laws that are in existence at the time of the offense, the right to be free from slavery, and the right to be free from torture.
		Human rights in Cambodia must be seen in the context of both its traditions deriving primarily from Indian culture and absolute rule of god-kings, and the Buddhist religion of most of the population, on the one hand, and, on the other, modern influences of French colonialism and a half...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Human-rights (5424 words)

	Human rights in Taiwan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Taiwan residents can change their government through elections and are held to enjoy most basic rights, according to a 2004 Freedom House report.
		For much of the history of the Kuomintang regime on Taiwan, from the retreat from the mainland in 1949 until the 1970s and 80s, the state was highly autocratic and varying degrees of repression of political and civil rights existed.
		Both Taiwan and South Korea went on to become leading economic players in Asia, part of the Asian Tigers, and both are now recognized as relatively free societies with successful human rights developments in most areas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Human_rights_in_Taiwan (761 words)

	TT-010400-Human-Rights-in-Taiwan
		Human rights education is practically nonexistent; the educational system is not geared to instilling in Taiwanese children a sense of their individual dignity and rights.
		The scant attention which is paid to human rights in the school program always is set against a backdrop of "obey your government, fulfill your responsibilities." This essentially undermines the basic concept of human rights, which is that each individual has certain inalienable rights regardless of what the government says or does.
		The mere presence of the death penalty in Taiwan is a grave human rights abuse.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /TT/TT-010400-Human-Rights-in-Taiwan.htm (957 words)

	1995 Human Rights Report: TAIWAN
		Taiwan has a vigorous and active free press despite the Publications Law which empowers the police to seize or ban printed material that is seditious, treasonous, sacrilegious, interferes with the lawful exercise of public functions, or violates public order or morals.
		In April a group of Taiwan women married to foreigners held a press conference to claim discrimination because their husbands are not given residence or working rights in Taiwan and their children are not allowed to enter public schools.
		Because of Taiwan restrictions on the entry of mainlanders (see Section 2.d.), the mainland fishermen were generally poorly housed on "floating hotels" located 12 nautical miles offshore, outside Taiwan's jurisdiction; 90 percent of the owners called conditions on these floating hotels inhumane.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/democracy/1995_hrp_report/95hrp_report_eap/Taiwan.html (8936 words)

	Human Rights Advancement in Taiwan
		Freedom House, a human rights organization based in New York, announced at the end of 2000 that Taiwan is on par with Japan as the freest country in Asia.
		Human Rights Educational Foundation -- The Human Rights Education Foundation was formally established as a corporate body in 1994, at the Amnesty International conference, with Bo Yang elected as the chairman of the board of directors.
		Taiwan Association for Human Rights -- Established in 1984, the Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) is the oldest independent human rights organization in Taiwan, operating before martial law was lifted on the island.
	www.taiwan.com.au /Soccul/Services/HR/report01.html (1019 words)

	Amnesty International Report 2002 - Asia and the Pacific - TAIWAN
		Taiwan became a signatory to the World Trade Organization in November and was expected to ratify its membership by January 2002.
		Lawyers and human rights activists feared that confessions obtained under torture were used by the police as evidence in court.
		He also stated that the draft plan to establish a national human rights commission would be reviewed, that international standards would be incorporated into domestic legislation, and that a basic law on human rights protection was being drafted.
	web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/asa/taiwan!Open (623 words)

	China (Taiwan only)
		While the authorities state that respect for human rights is a part of basic police training, human rights groups assert that the measures the authorities have taken to protect human rights are inadequate to create an ethos of respect for human rights among police and security personnel.
		The principal human rights organizations are the Chinese Association of Human Rights and the Taiwan Association for Human Rights.
		Although the JY ruled in 1995 that the right to organize trade unions is protected by the Constitution, legislation implementing this decision has not passed; teachers, civil servants, and defense industry workers still are not permitted to form labor unions.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/eap/783.htm (9265 words)

	1996 Human Rights Report: Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Principal problems include police abuse of detainees; physical abuse of military personnel, which appears to be declining; political and personal pressures on the judiciary; some restrictions on freedom of assembly, and association; prison overcrowding; discrimination and violence against women; child prostitution and abuse; restrictions on workers' freedom of association and on their ability to strike.
		However, these rights are formally circumscribed by a statute prohibiting advocacy of communism or division of national territory; these provisions are not enforced in practice.
		The principal human rights organizations are the establishment-oriented Chinese Association of Human Rights (CAHR) and the opposition-aligned Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR).
	www.usemb.se /human/1996/eastasia/taiwan.html (6803 words)

	Dignity, Respect & FreedomHuman Rights in Taiwan
		he human rights situation in Taiwan has been dramatically transformed over the past two decades, and the ROC's peaceful evolution into a vibrant democracy and civil society has won plaudits from observers throughout the world.
		Taiwan's laws have been overhauled to eliminate sexual discrimination; conscientious objectors may perform civilian tasks in order to meet their national service obligations; cultural and linguistic pluralism are now embraced.
		The U.S. State Department, in its latest country report on human rights, notes that the ROC authorities respect political rights, plus freedoms of speech, of the press, assembly, religion, and travel.
	www.gio.gov.tw /taiwan-website/5-gp/rights/preface.htm (242 words)

	Human Rights in Taiwan
		Accordingly, the individual is identified not by a set of rights but rather by his/her relationship or association with his/her family and broader community.
		In a boost to the credibility of the Taiwanese judiciary, the case of three detainees (the ‘Hsichih Trio’) on death row since 1992 and reportedly beaten in custody was re-opened in 2000.
		The Commission’s role, once established, would include the investigation, mediation and ruling on cases of human rights violations, and, where necessary, assist victims or their representative organisations in litigation.
	www.ahrcentre.org /briefing_papers/human_rights_Taiwan.htm (1344 words)

	Privacy and Human Rights 2003: Taiwan
		Article 315 of Taiwan's Criminal Code states that a person who, without reason, opens or conceals a sealed letter, or other sealed document belonging to another, may be punished under the law.
		Taiwan is one of only a few non-Muslim states to criminalize adultery.
		In July 2001, Taiwan industries announced the production of a special mobile 'spy phones.' The phones have a special chip that is supposed to be able to pick up sounds and voices in the near vicinity of the phone.
	www.privacyinternational.org /survey/phr2003/countries/taiwan.htm (1284 words)

	Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It has been referred to as humanity's Magna Carta by Eleanor Roosevelt, who chaired the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights that was responsible for the drafting of the document.
		The general acceptance of human rights led to a widespread agreement on certain fundamental assumptions about them: (1) If a right is affirmed as a human right rather than a civil right, it is understood to be universal, something that applies to all human beings everywhere.
		It urged the right to political, economic, social, and cultural self-determination; the right to peace; the right to live in a healthful and balanced environment; and the right to share in the Earth's resources.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9074356 (884 words)

	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia
		Rights that were previously curtailed are now exercised on a daily basis.
		In his address to the new advisory committee on human rights on 24 October 2000, the president described human rights as one of the measures of a modern country.
		To assist in the promotion of human rights around the world, the appointment of a human rights ambassador-at-large is planned.
	www.teco.org.au /whatnew/dignity.htm (451 words)

	Focusing on Taiwan's Human Rights Advancement
		In Taiwan, the issue of human rights brings to mind some of the ROC's proudest, most remarkable achievements as well as some of its most painful memories.
		In "Human Rights Advancement in Taiwan," a symposium convened on September 12 by TECO-NY and St. John's University, scholars and activists addressed the past, present, and future of human rights in the ROC.
		As Professor Derek pointed out, although often overshadowed by 20th-century human rights atrocities in Mainland China and to some degree in Taiwan, Chinese culture's most important thinkers were strong advocates of humanism and of a government based on popular consent.
	www.taipei.org /teco/cicc/currents/11-1200/Html/human2.htm (821 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Prisons
		Report on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, prepared by Mr.
		In May 1997, labor rights activist Liu Nianchun, serving a three-year labor reeducation term in Shuanghe Labor Reform Camp in the far northeast of the country, staged a hunger strike in protest against the authorities' unlawful extension of his own prison term and those of two other Beijing dissidents.
		In her 1999 report to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions expressed concern about reports that eight prisoners were killed by the Philippine National Police in connection with prison riots.
	www.hrw.org /prisons/asia.html (2026 words)

	TAIWAN HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The island of Taiwan has a bad combination that screams out to big companies that use sweatshops: Taiwan's economy relies so heavily on manufacturing, and there is a lot of poverty in Taiwan there for there are a lot of factories in Taiwan and people are willing to work for less.
		This doesn't only mean that the goods where made in factories in Taiwan, it most likely means that they where made in sweatshops in Taiwan, and the workers very possibly could have been as young as 12.
		In Taiwan there are so many poor people that if the sweatshop workers try to organize and form a union or stand up for their rights, they will just be fired and the factory will hire new and willing workers.
	www.beaconschool.org /~npanken/humanviolations.html (272 words)

	CNN.com - Taiwan, human rights to dominate Qian talks - March 21, 2001
		Qian's visit coincides with reports from human rights groups which say China detained a five-year-old American boy for 26 days without informing U.S. authorities and still hold the boy's mother, a Chinese born American university professor.
		Just as China objects to selling Taiwan arms to point at its territory, the U.S. side is likely to raise with Qian China's commitment to stopping the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missiles to other states.
		Human rights, including Beijing's crackdown on the Falun Gong spiritual movement, will also be a key topic for Washington.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/03/21/china.usa.qian (914 words)

	C-Fam
		Among the groups submitting Amicus Curiae briefs in support of abortion are, The Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights; Catholics for a Free Choice; National Coalition of American Nuns; International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region, USA; The Alan Guttmacher Institute; and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
		Jeanne Head, representative to the UN for National Right to Life and a long-time UN lobbyist, says this shows that the agenda for the pro-abortion groups is one of sexual imperialism.
		In their quest to make abortion a fundamental human right worldwide, they are misinterpreting UN documents to pressure countries into changing their laws to make abortion legal," she said.
	www.c-fam.org (284 words)

	Taiwan gives China a failing grade in human rights and democracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Taiwan issued a human rights report Monday that warned China that relations between the rivals won't progress significantly as long as Chinese leaders stifle democracy and human rights.
		The 67-page document is part of a new Taiwanese strategy to be more aggressive in pressuring China to improve its record on human rights and democracy, said Yen Wan-ching, a top policy maker for China relations.
		Taiwan's rights report accused China of scaling back village-level elections -- votes that have been held up as signs of budding democracy in China.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/12/09/international0623EST0474.DTL&type=printable (389 words)

	CNN.com - Bush set to discuss Taiwan, human rights - February 17, 2002
		Taiwan is a touchy problem in U.S.-China relations, but it is not sensitive enough to affect the U.S. and China carrying on good and frank dialogue.
		However, he also made no reference to former president Bill Clintons 'three nos policy' on Taiwan, meaning American opposition to Taiwan independence, to one China, one Taiwan and to Taiwan joining global bodies requiring statehood for membership.
		The analysts said the Taiwan issue would be played up by Bush's host, President Jiang Zemin, even though Bush would prefer to concentrate on the anti-terrorist campaign.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/02/17/willy.column (492 words)

	Human Rights Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Human Rights Bibliography: United Nations Documents and Publications, 1980-1990 (compiled by the United Nations Library, Geneva, in cooperation with the Centre for Human Rights), K3236.H863 1993 at Classified Stacks.
		Human Rights at the UW The website for the University of Washington’s Human Rights Education and Research Network, http://depts.washington.edu/hrights/, includes several research guides, some tailored to materials available at the UW:
		Women’s Human Rights Resources, http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/mainpage.htm, part of the DIANA project, includes a searchable database with annotations of articles, chapters in books, and reports.
	lib.law.washington.edu /ref/humanrights.shtml (8463 words)

	CNN - Taiwan, human rights top U.S.-China talks - Nov. 20, 1996
		BEIJING (CNN) -- China on Wednesday called again on the United States to stop selling arms to Taiwan, warning that the issue of the island that China considers part of its territory is the key to improved relations with Washington.
		However, the United States still maintains informal ties with Taiwan and has sold it millions of dollars of weapons that both Washington and Taiwan insist are for defensive purposes.
		China considers the island of Taiwan -- 90 miles from the mainland -- a rebel province.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9611/20/china.christopher (553 words)

	University of Wisconsin Law School - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The conference Human Rights in Taiwan, sponsored by the East Asian Legal Studies Center of the University of Wisconsin Law School, will be held November 2, 2005, from 2 p.m.
		Two scholars from Taiwan, as well as professors from the Law School and Political Science Department, will give presentations, to be followed by discussion.
		Heinz Klug has extensive experience with human rights issues in South Africa and writes and teaches in the areas of constitutional law and human rights.
	www.law.wisc.edu /news/main.php?ID=865 (248 words)

	CNS News: US Urged to Caution Chinese Leader on Taiwan, Human Rights \| Clearharmony - Falundafa in Europe
		Also offering advice ahead of the Hu meetings was Human Rights Watch, which said Monday there had been no improvement in Beijing's rights record since Bush visited China last February.
		"Hu needs to understand that China's international human rights obligations are a key issue in U.S.-China relations." Jendrzejczyk cited several areas of particular concern, including imprisonment of political and religious dissidents and repression in Tibet and Xinjiang - in the latter case justified by Beijing as part of the war against terrorism.
		In Hawaii, supporters of Taiwan and practitioners of the Falun Gong meditation group protested outside his Waikiki hotel, while Chinese students studying there expressed backing for him.
	www.clearharmony.net /articles/200205/4386.html (693 words)

	People's Movement for Human Rights Education
		The human rights framework is a practical, effective tool to belong in community with dignity for all.
		24 issues below, to learn human rights related to social and economic justice and injustice, breaking through the vicious cycle of humiliation.
		Non-official summaries of the UN human rights Covenants and Conventions
	www.pdhre.org (444 words)

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