A MILESTONE: Premier Su Tseng-chang said the Executive Yuan’s national human rights action plan represents Taiwan’s promise to initiate a human rights conventionBy Lee Hsin-fang and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Executive Yuan yesterday approved numerous amendments, including its version of a national human rights action plan, as well as making progress on a long-delayed Executive Yuan reform program.
At a news conference following the weekly Cabinet meeting, Executive Yuan spokesman Lo Ping-cheng (羅秉成) said Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) had told Cabinet members that the proposed “national human rights action plan” is yet another milestone in the history of the nation’s human rights development.
This represents not only the nation’s promise to initiate a human rights convention on its own, but also its willingness to reflect on what is lacking and make