Human Rights What Are the Roadblocks in an Otherwise Progressive Path?
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003497059-5" target="_blank" >10.4324/9781003497059-5</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Human Rights What Are the Roadblocks in an Otherwise Progressive Path?
Original language description
Despite being excluded from the United Nations (UN), Taiwan voluntarily participated in numerous international treaties related to human rights, contributing to its positive reputation in this field. Additionally, Taiwan's non-governmental and human rights sector is very diverse and active. Civil society has played a crucial role in pushing Taiwan to come to terms with its dark past, the White Terror, and to ensure transitional justice and acceptance of international human rights treaties. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) enjoy significant support and serve as a source of soft power abroad, ensuring Taiwan's presence in institutions or platforms where its international political status would otherwise not allow it. NGOs are also instrumental in advocating for women's rights and lLGBTQI+ rights, contributing to the increased participation of women in politics and the adoption of the same-sex marriage law. Today, Taiwan presents itself as the only culturally Chinese democracy and one of the advanced democracies in Asia, alongside Japan and South Korea. However, despite its progressive tendencies, Taiwan still faces a number of human rights challenges. For example, why does a modern country like Taiwan lack a refugee policy? Why does Taiwan still practice the death penalty? How does Taiwanese society treat migrants from Southeast Asia? And finally, how did Taiwan handle the coronavirus pandemic?
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Contemporary Taiwan: More than A Flashpoint
ISBN
978-1-03-280148-3
Number of pages of the result
17
Pages from-to
47-63
Number of pages of the book
122
Publisher name
Routledge
Place of publication
Abingdon
UT code for WoS chapter
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