Taiwan – Children’s rights

By Daniel Morris | 9. November 2021

III. The state duty to protect human rights

B. Actions taken

  • Voluntary commitment to implementation of international covenants (page 6)

‘[…] although Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, it has nevertheless signed and ratified important United Nations human rights covenants in recent years, including the […] “Convention on the Rights of the Child” […].’

  •   Business-related human rights safeguards in Taiwanese legislation (page 7)

‘The Taiwan government has already incorporated the […] “Convention on the Rights of the Child” […] into domestic legislation, so they can be directly applied as Taiwan law.’

This information is also covered under Appendix 4: Overview of the implementation of the state duty to protect and the access to remedy, The state duty to protect, UNGP2, Actions taken (page 39).

 

Appendix 1: Concrete steps taken by Taiwan to fulfil the state obligation to protect

  • Taiwan’s commitment to human rights and international participation (page 23)

‘Regarding the ratification and the entry into force of important UN conventions, the Taiwan government has taken following actions:

[…]

The “Implementation Act of the Convention on the Rights of the Child” came into force on 20 November 2014. This convention uses international child rights protection norms as the benchmark to build an environment that protects all aspects of children’s physical and mental health.’

 

Appendix 4: Overview of the implementation of the state duty to protect and the access to remedy

The state duty to protect

UNGP10

Actions taken (pages 50-51)

‘The Taiwan government has committed to fully implement human rights both at home and abroad. […]it has […] signed and ratified important United Nations human rights covenants in recent years, including the […] “Convention on the Rights of the Child” […].In addition, the Taiwan government has gone through the legislative process to incorporate these covenants and conventions into domestic law, and has periodically prepared national reports and submitted them for review by international experts.’