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Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday welcomed nine international experts to the opening of a week of meetings to review Taiwan’s implementation of two UN human rights covenants. The meetings are also to involve government agencies and civil society groups. They were organized by the Ministry of Justice and the Executive Yuan to provide input and recommendations regarding the nation’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Su touted Taiwan’s achievements over the past few ...

Foreign experts on international rights mechanisms are to participate, along with Taiwanese judicial agencies and civil society groups, in a review of two UN covenants, with the public able follow the sessions live online for the first time. The meetings are to be held in Taipei from Monday to Friday next week, to review the nation’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), Ministry of Justice officials said at a briefing yesterday. It is the third such review since Taiw...