The National Human Rights Commission of Taiwan was founded on August 1, 2020 as Taiwan’s national human rights institution. The commission is designed to promote and protect

human rights in Taiwan Taiwan is a Politics of the Republic of China, multi-party democracy. The 2000 Taiwan presidential election, 2000 presidential victory of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Chen Shui-bian followed more than 50 years of rule by the Kuomin ...

and fulfill the government's commitment to meet the

Paris Principles Agreements and declarations resulting from meetings in Paris include: Listed by name Paris Accords may refer to: * Paris Accords, the agreements reached at the end of the London and Paris Conferences in 1954 concerning the post-war status of Germa ...

. The first chair of the commission is Chen Chu. The functions and powers of the National Human Rights Commission are as follows: 1. To investigate incidents involving torture, human rights violations, or various forms of discrimination in accordance with its authority or in response to petition from the general public, and to handle them and provide remedy according to the law. 2. To study and review national human rights policies and make recommendations. 3. To publish thematic reports on major human rights issues or annual reports on the state of human rights in the nation to understand and assess the domestic human rights situation. 4. To assist government agencies in the signing or ratification of international human rights instruments and their incorporation, and to ensure the conformity of domestic laws, regulations, directives, and administrative measures with international human rights norms. 5. To conduct systematic studies of the Constitution and legal statutes based on international human rights standards in order to propose necessary and feasible recommendations to amend the Constitution, legislation and laws. 6. To monitor the effectiveness of government agencies in promoting human rights education, enhancing human rights awareness, and handling matters involving human rights 7. To cooperate with domestic institutions and civic groups, international organizations, national human rights institutes, and non-governmental organizations to promote the protection of human rights 8. To provide independent opinions for national reports submitted by the government in accordance with the provisions of international human rights treaties 9. Other matters related to the protection and promotion of human rights The Presidential Office Human Rights Consultative Committee () ceased operations on May 19, 2020 after the Organic Act of the Control Yuan National Human Rights Commission () was implemented on May 1, 2020.

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