The President and Members of the sixth Control Yuan (CY) were inaugurated on 1 August 2020, with Vice President Lai Ching-te presiding. The same day, the grand opening of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was presided over by President Tsai Ing-wen, along with NHRC Chair Chen Chu, former CY President Chang Po-ya, and Member Upay Radiw Kanasaw. The establishment of the NHRC marks a milestone in Taiwan’s human rights development...

Looking through the Prism of State – citizens relations, it is evident that citizens have become captives of a monopoly represented by the State. Some are vulnerable and may feel fearful and generally uninformed about what to legitimately expect from government agencies. Citizens are often at the mercy of the huge, all – powerful government apparatus at all tiers...

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed much of the world’s population in some form of isolation, confinement or quarantine. In this extraordinary situation, deprivation of liberty has taken on new dimensions.

Informed by extensive consultation with NPMs from across the world, the APT in partnership with OSCE/ODIHR, elaborated a practical guidance on how NPMs can continue their monitoring functions in order to address these challenges...

La resolución de la magistrada tiene como objetivo garantizar la protección de los derechos de los usuarios del servicio de salud mental del subsector público de la Ciudad en el marco de la pandemia del Coronavirus. En el documento se establece que un hecho único como la pandemia declarada ante la irrupción del COVID-19 trae aparejadas serias consecuencias en diversos derechos (derecho a la salud,...

Anualmente el Procurador Penitenciario dará cuenta a las Cámaras, mediante un informe, de la labor realizada. El Informe Anual 2019 refleja las actividades que la Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación (PPN) ha venido realizando, a través del ejercicio de su plena independencia y autonomía, a los efectos de mantener su compromiso inclaudicable en el cumplimiento de su objetivo fundamental...