2020 Parallel Report

2020 Parallel Report - On Government‘s Response to 2017 COR - On the Implementation of ICCPR - On the Implementation of ICESCR Coordinated by Parallel Report on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Coordinated by: Covenants Watch Contact E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Participating NGOs (in alphabetical order) 台灣原住民族政策協會 Association for Taiwan Indigenous Peoples' Policies 人權公約施行監督聯盟 Covenants Watch (CW) 社團法人環境法律人協會 Environmental Jurists Association (EJA) 財團法人環境權保障基金會 Environmental Rights Foundation 手天使 Handangel 台灣關愛之家 Harmony Home Association Taiwan, Harmony Home Taiwan 台灣當代漂泊協會 Homeless of Taiwan 社團法人西藏台灣人權連線 Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan 國際愛地芽協會台灣分會 International Association for Integration Dignity and Economic Advancement Taiwan 財團法人民間司法改革基金會 Judicial Reform Foundation 社團法人屏東縣好好婦女權益 Juridical Association for the Development of 發展協會 Women's Right in Pingtung (JADWRP) 財團法人現代婦女教育基金會 Modern Women's Foundation 社團法人台北市新活力 New Vitality Independent Living Association, 自立生活協會 Taipei OURs 專業者都市改革組織 Organization of Urban Reformers (OURs) 中華民國愛滋感染者權益促進會 Persons with HIV/AIDS Rights Advocacy Association of Taiwan 監所關注小組 Prison Watch 財團法人天主教耶穌會台北新事 Rerum Novarum Center 社會服務中心社會住宅推動聯盟 Social Housing Advocacy Consortium 社團法人高雄市向陽自立生活協會 Sunny Independent Living Association, Kaohsiung 財團法人台北市婦女救援社會福利事 Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation 業基金會社團法人台北市行無礙資源 Taiwan Access For All Association 推廣協會社團法人台灣少年權益與福利 Taiwan Alliance for Advancement of Youth 促進聯盟 Rights and Welfare 台灣反迫遷連線 Taiwan Alliance of Anti-Forced Eviction (TAAFE) 台灣廢除死刑推動聯盟 Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty 台灣障礙者權益促進會 Taiwan Association for Disability Rights (TADR) 台灣人權促進會 Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) 社團法人台灣民間真相與和解 Taiwan Association for Truth and Reconciliation 促進會台灣獄政工會 Taiwan Corrections Organization 台灣刑事辯護律師協會 Taiwan Criminal Defense Attorney Association (TWCDAA) 彩虹平權大平台 Taiwan Equality Campaign 社團法人台灣性別平等教育協會 Taiwan Gender Equity Education Association 社團法人酷兒權益推動聯盟 Taiwan Gender Queer Rights Advocacy Alliance 社團法人臺灣感染誌協會 Taiwan HIV Story Association 台灣國際醫學聯盟 Taiwan International Medical Alliance (TIMA) 台灣國際勞工協會 TIWA Taiwan International Workers Alliance (TIWA) 台灣勞工陣線 Taiwan Labour Front 社團法人台灣同志家庭權益促進會 Taiwan LGBT Family Rights Advocacy 社團法人台灣露德協會 Taiwan Lourdes Association 臺灣失序者聯盟 Taiwan Mad Alliance 社團法人台灣同志諮詢熱線協會 Taiwan Tongzhi (LGBTQ+) Hotline Association 台灣聾人聯盟 Taiwanese Deaf Alliance 財團法人勵馨社會福利事業基金會 The Garden of Hope Foundation 自學生 The Homeschooler 天主教新竹教區移工移民辦公室 Vietnamese Migrant and Immigrant Office 台灣蠻野心足生態協會 Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association, Taiwan (WHA) 台灣數位女力聯盟 Women In Digital Initiative (WIDI) 宜蘭縣漁工職業工會 Yilan Migrant fishermen's Union October, 202 0 TAIWA N The Editing Team (in alphabetical order) Editors in Chief HUANG, Song-Lih Covenants Watch HUANG, Yibee Covenants Watch Editors CHANG, Ya Cheng Covenants Watch CHEN, Jian-Ying Covenants Watch CHIANG, Meng-Chen Covenants Watch CHUNG, Yu-Jo Covenants Watch SUN, Hsin Hsuan Covenants Watch YANG, Kang Covenants Watch Associate Editors CHEN, Hui Min Prison Watch CHEN, Wei Chi Taiwan HIV Story Association CHIANG, Sheng Chian Taiwan Association for Truth and Reconciliation CHOU, Kuan Ru Taiwan Association for Human Rights, TAHR DU, Sih-Cheng Taiwan Tongzhi (LGBTQ+) Hotline Association Feng, Yi-Fan Harmony Home Association Taiwan, Harmony Home Taiwan HUANG, Yi Chen* Environmental Jurists Association, EJA KUO, Yi Ching Homeless Of Taiwan LI, Ming Ru Judicial Reform Foundation LIAO, Ting Huei Organization of Urban Reformers, OURs LIN, Tsz Wei Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty LIN, Wei Ting Judicial Reform Foundation LIN, Yi Heui Ivory Persons with HIV/AIDS Rights Advocacy Association of Taiwan LIU, Zhi Yang Taiwan Alliance for Advancement of Youth Rights and Welfare Savungaz Valincinan Association for Taiwan Indigenous Peoples' Policies SUN, Yu Lien Taiwan Labour Front TSAI, Ya Ying About Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association, Taiwan (WHA) Tu, Yuwen Environmental Rights Foundation WANG, Si Taiwan Association for Human Rights, TAHR WANG, Yi Sheng The Homeschooler Yapasuyongu Akuyana Association for Taiwan Indigenous Peoples' Policies YU, Yi Chia Taiwan Association for Human Rights, TAHR & Taiwan Alliance of Anti-Forced Eviction, TAAFE *Yi Chen HUANG had left the EJA before this report was finished. We thank her for the contribution on the Right to Adequate Housing section. i Editors’ note Founded on the International Human Rights Day (December 10) in 2009, the Covenants Watch called on human rights groups, human rights workers, lawyers, and scholars to join in alliance to monitor the domestic implementation of UN human rights conventions that have obtained legal status in Taiwan. The reviewing and tracking of the government’s human rights reports is a huge focus of what we do as well as a critical part of human rights groups’ advocacy work. The Covenants Watch coordinated coalitions of NGOs (68 in 2012 - 2013, and 80 in 2016 - 2017) to co-author the parallel reports on the government’s implementation of ICCPR and ICESCR. Building on prior experiences, beginning this year, we inquired with former co- authors their willingness to re-join forces for this report. Editing meetings were held in February, during which participants decided on the basic format, editing system, and the purpose of this report, which is to truthfully present in-the-field experiences and policy recommendations on various topics based on the consensus reached among co-authors, to provide the Review Committee with a clear and accurate understanding of the current human rights situation in Taiwan. This report is a collaboration of 47 groups. In addition to human rights organizations that have long been engaged in comprehensive human rights issues, judicial reforms, the abolition of the death penalty, prison reforms, and the promotion of economic, social and cultural rights, many of those that participated in this report are stakeholders and their relevant groups that work on the front line, raising awareness, conducting rescue operations, providing counseling, etc. This report reflects the struggles faced by NGOs as well as the real-life events and cruxes they observed in the field. This report provides constructive criticism on the inadequacies of government policies and the law, and the non-compliances with international human rights covenants. In addition, during the production of this report, civil organizations had the chance to reexamine the compatibility and inconsistencies between human rights conventions and domestic laws, which could be useful in future advocacy work. For the detailed list of participating organizations, please refer Participating NGOs. To produce this report, we formed several working groups each responsible for a particular theme or provisions of the previous concluding observations and the covenants. Each group has a leader, also known as the editor-in-charge, who convened members of the group for discussions and first drafts. The drafts were then integrated by executive editors, who would also cross-reference contents submitted by different groups and amend, if needed, to ensure coherence. In order to support organizations that did not have time to produce their own drafts, we developed a unique model to make sure their voices are presented in this report. Executive editors would conduct interviews with these groups, and along with the experiences and policy recommendations they shared, as well ii as information gathered through extensive research and data compilation, complete the drafts, and finalize after receiving confirmation from the groups. The majority of the policy recommendations in this report are the consensus of the respective participating groups. In a few instances where consensus was not reached, either due to a lack of time or that there were fundamental differences in terms of perspectives, executive editors would coordinate and combine their opinions. It is worth mentioning that given the severity of the Covid-19 pandemic, we dedicated an entire chapter in this report to the human rights impact of government policies in response to the pandemic. The State Report failed to touch upon this topic in its report. It is hoped that the Review Committee could prioritize this in its List of Issues, and request the State to provide explanations to the social implications of its policies. We would like to thank all participating groups for their valuable contributions, fellow executive editors, translators from home and abroad, and several friends and volunteers around the world who assisted in the translation and proofreading of this report. This report would not have been possible without support from many of CW’s individual donors, as well as financial support from the human rights museum. We hereby express our deepest gratitude. Secretariat of the Covenants Watch October, 2020 iii Cover Story Amaranth on the Frost Ming-Kuang, SU Thousands of rafts sailed, all enduring burdens singly. Same ocean, yet ebbs and flows are distinct. Standing side by side, yet my thoughts insulated. In the void, a burning heart was halted. Artist’s Statement In this piece, replacing brushstrokes, Ming-Kuang composed the contour of the flower with shoe prints, layering upon creased paper and free-flowing paints. The rose served as the vessel and projection of Ming-Kuang’s covet on love, and the equal yearning of forming connection, intimacy and family, experienced

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