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CHAPTER 2 – Protect, Respect, Remedy Framework Pillar I: State duty to protect human rights (page 12) ‘Pakistan’s domestic legal framework provides various guarantees and includes protection of the rights of workers especially in relation to […] the elimination of child labour.’ ‘The NHRIs in Pakistan have an evolving role and special powers to protect…

CHAPTER 3: National Action Plan Priority Areas and Proposed Actions 3.2. NAP Priority Areas 3.2.1. Financial Transparency, Corruption and Human Rights Standards in Public Procurement Contracts Proposed Actions Federal (page 18) ‘9. Pass the Whistleblower Protection and Vigilance Commission Bill 2019 to ensure protection of whistle-blowers disclosing information related to financial discrepancies and corruption. Performance…

CHAPTER 3: National Action Plan Priority Areas and Proposed Actions 3.2. NAP Priority Areas 3.2.2 | Anti-Discrimination, Equal Opportunity, and Inclusion Proposed Actions Federal and provincial (page 22) ‘21. Provide capacity-building support in the value chain for women and vulnerable or marginalised groups, and build awareness about their rights under the law as well as…

III. The State duty to protect human rights C. Actions planned Continue promoting international human rights dialogue and cooperation (page 9) ‘In the area of digital human rights, as talks with the European Union regarding a GDPR adequacy decision for Taiwan move forward, we will move methodically toward the establishment of an agency tasked with…

IV. The corporate responsibility to respect human rights B. Actions taken State encouragement of respect by businesses for human rights (pages 11-12) The Taiwan government also provides resources and support, including the following: […] it has added a new provision to the “Act for Development of Small and Medium Enterprises” to provide that, when the…

IV. The corporate responsibility to respect human rights B. Actions taken State encouragement of respect by businesses for human rights (page 11) ‘The Taiwan government also provides resources and support, including the following: it uses the “Statute for Industrial Innovation” and other legislation to encourage and reward sustainable development; […]’ Greater information transparency (page 13)…

III. The state duty to protect human rights C. Actions planned Continue committing to implement important United Nations human rights covenants, incorporating them into domestic law, and preparing national reports for review (pages 8-9) ‘In addition to incorporating five core UN human rights conventions in domestic law, […] the Taiwan government has also adopted a…

Taiwan’s NAP does not explicitly address this issue.

V. Access to remedy B. Actions taken Judicial remedy Extraterritorial jurisdiction (page 18) With respect to any human rights abuses that occur overseas, Taiwan already has laws and regulations which provide that such abuses are subject to the jurisdiction of Taiwan’s judicial authorities no matter where the abuses have taken place. For example, if a…

III. The State duty to protect human rights C. Actions planned Continue pushing for passage of laws to protect working conditions and labor rights (pages 9-10) ‘[…] we intend to pursue a number of strategies aimed at boosting women’s economic empowerment. These include promotion of women’s entrepreneurship (and employment), creation of gender-equal workplaces, promotion of…

III. The State duty to protect human rights C. Actions planned Continue committing to implement important United Nations human rights covenants, incorporating them into domestic law, and preparing national reports for review (pages 8-9) ‘A plan of the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) to implement the “International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of…

III. The state duty to protect human rights B. Actions taken Voluntary commitment to implementation of international covenants (page 6) ‘The Taiwan government has committed to fully implement human rights both at home and abroad. […] although Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, it has nevertheless signed and ratified important United Nations…

III. The state duty to protect human rights B. Actions taken Voluntary commitment to implementation of international covenants (page 6) ‘The Taiwan government has committed to fully implement human rights both at home and abroad. […] although Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, it has nevertheless signed and ratified important United Nations…

III. The State duty to protect human rights C. Actions planned Administrative measures for outbound investment (page 10) ‘The Taiwan government will continue, on the basis of UNGPs, to initiate discussions regarding the issue of administrative measures for outbound investment as applied to business and human rights, and will also set up an inter-ministerial coordination…

III. The state duty to protect B. Actions taken Promoting human rights through government procurement operations (page 8) ‘[…] the Public Construction Commission’s Procurement Evaluation Committee scoring tables for bidders include CSR indicators, such as “whether all employees have received pay increases,” “the quality of basic compensation received by procurement officers,” and “the quality of…

IV. The corporate responsibility to respect human rights B. Actions taken State encouragement of respect by business for international human rights standards (page 11) ‘The Taiwan government encourages businesses to engage in responsible business behavior, and has adopted internationally recognized corporate social responsibility standards, such as the UNGPs, the UN Global Compact, ILO Conventions and…

IV. The corporate responsibility to respect human rights B. Actions taken Respect for employee interests and the views of stakeholders (page 12) ‘The workplace is especially important to the human rights of a company’s employees. Examples include an employee’s right to take part in collective bargaining, to form or join in a union, or the…

III. The state duty to protect human rights B. Actions taken Promotion of international exchange and cooperation (page 7) ‘Taiwan has inserted “CSR clauses,” “investment/environmental/labor clauses,” and “general exceptions” into previously signed trade and investment agreements, so our government has taken concrete actions to safeguard human rights.’ This information is also covered under Appendix 4:…

IV. The corporate responsibility to respect human rights B. Actions taken Respect for employee interests and the views of stakeholders (page 12) ‘Thanks in part to the joint advocacy of the Taiwan government and various other interested parties, more and more businesses — in order to fulfill their social responsibilities and honor their human rights…