• 沒有找到結果。

6. Conclusion

6.4. Towards a human rights state?

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attempts to appease both supporters and opponents of the death penalty; while in reality, it has resulted in its continuation with no clear timeframe or prospect of actual abolition. The ending of the de facto moratorium has been a regrettable course of action for Ma’s administration and will cast a stain on his human rights record, however it turns out to be.

6.4. Towards a human rights state?

Overall, there is both support and repudiation for the proposition that Taiwan is moving towards becoming a human rights state. Especially when Taiwan’s not so distant authoritarian past is taken into account, there have been marked improvements in Taiwan’s human rights situation. In terms of the three indicators, there have been many attempts to make improvements but unfortunately many such attempts have been met with skepticism and opposition and as such, were unsuccessful.

Chen’s policy objectives had they been implemented would have been a great

contributor to Taiwan’s human rights state development; however, the emphasis must be on the ‘would’ as political circumstances did not allow Chen to have his way.

Credit must be given, however, for the imposition of the fragile but valuable halt in executions that occurred in Chen’s final three years in office. This was a positive step in terms of the third indicator, which gave hope (albeit false hope) to an eventual legal moratorium. As for Ma, his record thus far is also mixed. His achievement in the first indicator with the ratification and passage of legislation implementing the

international human rights covenants domestically is a significant achievement and positive sign of human rights development for Taiwan. The apparent failure to

consolidate this move and to establish an effective means of ensuring the spirit of this significant law is upheld by creating a NHRC is regrettable, as is the backward steps taken in the area of capital punishment.

When the positive actions of both presidents are given consideration, there are been encouraging progress in terms of the first and third indicators, while the second has remained lacking. Ma’s recent implementation of international human rights standards into Taiwanese law has the potential to be very beneficial towards the protections of human rights in Taiwan. Chen’s subtle measures to decrease the

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number of executions in his two terms and the de facto moratorium that was initiated have proved significant in bringing attention to the status of the death penalty and rallying efforts to see its formal abolition, regardless of the present situation.

Regrettably, attempts to establish a NHRC did not succeed and have fallen off the radar; however, it is hoped that in the future this issue will be readdressed. In light of the above findings, I conclude that Taiwan is moving towards becoming a human rights state albeit in a sometimes ‘two-step forward, one-step back’ fashion. Progress and setbacks have been encountered across all three indicators; attempts to implement change although not successful have inspired optimism and importantly,

improvements have been seen. Moving in this direction towards a human rights state is a noble goal and one, that it is hoped, cannot be reversed.

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