Rights In Taiwan Research Articles

A Research on the Legal System of the Protection of Employees’Information Privacy Rights in Taiwan: Inspiration from the U.S. Law

A Research on the Legal System of the Protection of Employees’Information Privacy Rights in Taiwan: Inspiration from the U.S. Law

Children’s rights in Taiwan: A qualitative study on social workers’ perspectives

The aim of this study was to investigate the perspectives of social workers in Taiwan on children’s rights. Among the 94 social workers who were interviewed, most were familiar with children’s rights terminology. From the results of this study, parental needs and the inability of young children to communicate effectively hindered the balance between protection of and participation by children. To better implement children’s rights, social workers should gain a deeper understanding of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and develop skills for communicating well with children and parents.

Constructing rights in Taiwan: the feminist factor, democratization, and the quest for global citizenship

In an era of worldwide rights regression, beleaguered Taiwan remains Asia’s most democratic, gender equitable, and liberal internationalist nation. What accounts for this seemingly exceptional record—and how does the feminist factor contribute to the construction of rights? Bridging constructivist and feminist scholarship, this essay argues that gender equity is a force multiplier for democratization as it empowers civil society and fosters legitimacy at home and abroad. In a three-level game, states at the margin of the international system may benefit from rights reform that expands the national interest and delivers material and reputational rewards. The case of Taiwan illustrates the dynamics of the double transition to liberal democracy and a liberal gender regime and its projection to world politics. The rewards of rights for Taiwan suggest a wider range of options even in small states facing regional challenges—and greater attention to the feminist factor in world politics.

The Practice of the Third-party Effectiveness Theory of Basic Rights in Taiwan’s Courts: From the Perspective of Legal Economic Analysis and Applicable Benefit Assessment

The Practice of the Third-party Effectiveness Theory of Basic Rights in Taiwan’s Courts: From the Perspective of Legal Economic Analysis and Applicable Benefit Assessment

Gay Marriage in Taiwan and The Struggle for Recognition

Advances for minority rights in Taiwan may help make the case for independence at a time when China has increased pressure for reunification and faces protests in Hong Kong.

Museums, heritage and the politics of pursuing indigenous rights in Taiwan

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to trace the development of indigenous heritage rights in Taiwan. It examines how this pursuit is intertwined with the global indigenous movement, national political interests and rising local cultural awareness.Design/methodology/approachThis paper focuses on the rise of indigenous rights in Taiwan by looking at political shifts, indigenous museums and changing frameworks through which heritage is understood. The paper uses two case studies: one is the implementation of a heritage protection law in Taiwan; the other is the launch of indigenous museums.FindingsIn Taiwan, heritage is often associated with political ideology, power relations and resource distribution. The development of heritage discourse is inseparable from the international heritage trend as well as the local political situation.Originality/valueThe pursuit of indigenous heritage rights in Taiwan is supported on the one hand by the government so as to define a distinctive Taiwanese culture and on the other to meet the demands of Taiwan’s indigenous movement. Two case studies are provided to examine the pros and cons of current indigenous heritage projects in Taiwan.

The Evolution of Human Rights in Taiwan and Challenges from China

The Evolution of Human Rights in Taiwan and Challenges from China

Women and Religion in Contemporary Taiwan

Religion in general, and Christianity in particular, plays an ambiguous role in the issue of gender equality and women’s rights in Taiwan. While women are very often marginalized in traditional culture, religious reasons are also often used to reenforce gender inequality and discrimination in confirming the traditional gender roles in the family and religious institutions. However, religion is also a force for liberation of marginalized women in the work of some scholar-activists of religion and theology who struggle for gender justice. This article aims, on the one hand, to let the reader have a glimpse of the situation of women in Taiwan as reflected in these authors’ works, and, on the other hand, to show how they draw resources from religion and work for the rights and liberation of women in their society, through their advocacy and discussions on issues such as sexism, divorce and abortion.

Confucianism, Democratization, and Human Rights in Taiwan. By Joel. S.Fetzer and J.Christopher Soper. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2013. Pp. xviii + 107. Hardback, $82.00; Paper, $41.99; eBook, $39.50.

Confucianism, Democratization, and Human Rights in Taiwan. By Joel. S.Fetzer and J.Christopher Soper. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2013. Pp. xviii + 107. Hardback, $82.00; Paper, $41.99; eBook, $39.50.

228P - Subgroup analysis by prior non-liposomal irinotecan therapy in NAPOLI-1: a phase 3 study of nal-IRI±5-fluorouracil/leucovorin in patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma previously treated with gemcitabine-based therapy

Background: In the global, randomized phase 3 NAPOLI-1 study, liposomal irinotecan (nal-IRI) + 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin (5-FU/LV) significantly increased median OS vs. 5-FU/LV by 45% (6.1 vs. 4.2 mo; unstratified HR = 0.67 [0.49–0.92]; P = 0.012) in patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC) who have progressed following gemcitabine-based therapy. Here, we present a subgroup analysis by prior non-liposomal irinotecan (NLI). Methods: Study methodology has been published (Wang-Gillam; Lancet 2016). Robustness of overall treatment effect was assessed by prospectively-defined subgroups, including prior NLI, based on primary survival analysis data (cut-off February 2014) of the ITT population. Results: OS, PFS and CA19-9 response rates in patients with (n = 29) and without (n = 207) prior NLI are shown (see Table). In patients without prior NLI, nal-IRI+5-FU/LV (n = 105) improved median OS vs. 5-FU/LV (n = 102) by 2.5 mo to 6.7 mo (HR = 0.62; P < 0.01). Most frequent TEAEs were GI disorders (diarrhea, vomiting, nausea), regardless of prior NLI. ≥Grade 3 TEAEs and TEAEs leading to dose modification were similar in patients with (9 [75%]; 6 [50%]) and without (81 [77%]; 77 [73%]) prior NLI in the nal-IRI+5-FU/LV arm.Table: 228PPrior NLInal-IRI+5-FU/LV (n = 12 [10.3%])5-FU/LV (n = 17 [14.3%])Unstratified HR (95%CI); p-valueMedian OS, mo (95%CI)4.57 (0.99–6.44)4.83 (1.94–NR)1.25 (0.49–3.19); P=0.64Median PFS, mo (95%CI)1.51 (0.92–4.53)1.43 (1.18–4.40)0.83 (0.34–2.02); P=0.66CA19-9 response rates, n/N (%)0/10 (0)0/10 (0)N/ANo prior NLInal-IRI+5-FU/LV (n = 105 [89.7%])5-FU/LV (n = 102 [85.7%])Median OS, mo (95%CI)6.67 (5.26–8.97)4.17 (3.15–5.82)0.62 (0.44–0.86); P<0.01Median PFS, mo (95%CI)3.45 (2.76–4.24)1.48 (1.41–1.87)0.52 (0.37–0.71); P<0.0001CA19-9 response rates, n/N (%)28/87 (32.2)7/71 (9.9)P<0.001 Open table in a new tab Conclusions: This post-hoc subgroup analysis shows significant increases for nal-IRI+5-FU/LV vs. 5-FU/LV in OS, PFS and CA19-9 response rates in patients without prior NLI. Outcomes were similar in both arms in patients with prior NLI. The low number of patients with prior NLI preclude firm conclusions from being drawn and further research is needed to explore the impact of prior NLI. Clinical trial indentification: NCT01494506 Legal entity responsible for the study: This study was sponsored by Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA; rights for nal-IRI now reside with Ipsen in the US (April 2017); PharmaEngine, Inc. holds the rights in Taiwan; Shire holds rights in the rest of the world through a licensing agreement with Ipsen. Funding: This study by Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA; editorial assistance was funded by Shire (previously Baxalta), Zug, Switzerland. Disclosure: J.F. Blanc: Honoraria received from Bayer Sp, Merrimack; Consultant/Advisor for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novartis, Lilly Oncology; Travel/Accommodation/Expenses received from Bayer Sp. R. Hubner: Consultant/Advisor for Celgene, BTG, Baxalta (now part of Shire); Speakers’ Bureau for Abbott, Ipsen; Travel/Accommodation/Expenses received from Celgene. A. Wang-Gillam: Consultant/Advisor for Merrimack, Pfizer, Newlink Genetics; Research funding from Newlink Genetics, AstraZeneca, BioMed Valley Discoveries, Lilly, AbbVie, Verastem, Precision Biologics. G. Bodoky: Honoraria received from Servier, Roche, Bayer, Pfizer, Janssen, Novartis, Lilly; Advisory boards for Bayer, Roche, Pfizer, Janssen, Novartis, Lilly, Taiho, Nordic. A. Dean: Honoraria received from Specialised Therapeutics Australia; Consultant/Advisor for Baxalta (now part of Shire), Celgene. G. Jameson: Honoria received from Celgene; Speakers’ Bureau for Celgene. D. Cunningham: Research funding from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Celgene, Merrimack, Medimmune, Merck Serono, Sanofi. F. Braiteh: Relevant to this publication: Consultant fees received from Ipsen and Merrimack; Honoraria from Ipsen: Travel/Accommodation fees from Ipsen and Merrimack; Speaker’s Bureau for Ipsen and Merrimack. D. von Hoff: Relevant to this publication: Research funding from Merrimack; Consultant for Alphamed Consulting and Baxalta (now part of Shire). L-T. Chen: Consultant/Advisor for ONO, Eli Lilly, MSD, PharmaEngine, Merrimack, TTY Biopharm, SynCore Biotechnology, Five Prime Therapeutics, Novartis; Research funding from Novartis, GSK, Merck Serono, TTY Biopharm, Polaris; Patents/Royalties/Intellectual property with HuniLife Biotechnology. K. Mamlouk: Employment – Ipsen; former Merrimack employee Stock and Other Ownership Interests - Blueprint Medicines; Merrimack, F. de Jong: Shire employee and stockholder. J. Siveke: Consultant/advisor: Celgene, Merrimack, Baxalta, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Lilly; Honoraria: Celgene, Merrimack, Baxalta, Lilly; Research funding: Novartis, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Celgene, BMS. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

LGBT rights versus Asian values: de/re-constructing the universality of human rights

Law, especially from the international human rights regime, is a direct reference on which minority groups rely when it comes to ‘non-discrimination’. Drawing upon LGBT rights in Taiwan, as well as Hong Kong and Singapore, this article – through an application of K.H. Chen’s (2010) Asia as Method – critically reviews how global LGBT politics interact with local societies influenced by Confucianism. Along a perpetual competition between the universalism and cultural relativism of human rights, this article not only identifies the pitfalls of ‘Asian values’ from a cosmopolitan perspective but also contributes to a queered approach to human rights-holders against homonationalism.

Attitudes toward Human Rights

The issue of human rights has gained attention in Taiwan, and this study represents a breakthrough regarding the use of an interdisciplinary research approach that includes a psychological focus. We utilized multiscale questionnaires to test the attitudes toward human rights from different perspectives. The results showed that the following: (1) The modal personalities of Taiwan, namely the authoritarian and dogmatic personalities, are not conducive to the development of human rights; (2) civil liberalism and globalism are good for the development of individual personalities, while patriotism and nationalism are not entirely bad, but support civil constraint; and (3) individuals in favor of civil liberalism are in the minority and face more difficulty in adapting to the Taiwanese environment. Our recommendation is that leaders who are strong in civil liberalism must be elected to encourage a culture of “obedience” and “disparate layout” for the development of human rights in Taiwan.

Transfer of development rights and public facility planning in Taiwan: An examination of local adaptation and spatial impact

Since the early 2000s, transfer of development rights has served as a compensatory regime to address the ‘reserved land’ issue in Taiwan, a planning challenge that has seen private owners remain uncompensated for land flagged by the government for public facilities. This article investigates two aspects of the implementation of transfer of development rights in Taiwan. First, it examines the local adaptation process by which the use of transfer of development rights has been diverted from its original function of historical preservation. Second, it maps the spatial impact of this compensation process, using Sanchong District in New Taipei City as a case study. We demonstrate that trends of high-end developments in prime locations and ‘piecemeal transfer’ in the city’s older, inner neighbourhoods show worrisome patterns of uneven development. We conclude that the neoliberal effects generated by the transfer of development rights policy have complicated the planning challenge the policy was initially intended to resolve.

Confucianism, democratization, and human rights in Taiwan

Chapter 1. Confucianism and Democratization in East Asia Chapter 2. Confucian Values and Elite Support for Liberal Democracy in Taiwan Chapter 3. The Effect of Confucian Values on Public Support for Democratization and Human Rights in Taiwan Chapter 4. The Treatment of Confucianism in Taiwanese Textbooks Before and After Democratization Chapter 5. The Role of Confucianism in Taiwanese Legislative Debates over Democratization and Human Rights Chapter 6. Toward a Liberal-Democratic Confucianism: Evidence from Taiwan Glossary of Non-English Terms Statistical Appendix

Political Process Sequencing in the Institutionalisation of Human Rights in Taiwan

Scholarly works on Taiwan’s transformations have usually followed either an exclusive state-centred or society-centred approach in the study of the instutionalisation of human rights on the island. Using a state–society framework, this article investigates the extent of institutionalisation of human rights in Taiwan’s transitional society. Covering origin, transformation, impediments and espousals, creation of governmental and non-governmental institutions and re-institutionalisation, as junctures in the sequence of institutionalisation of human rights, this work helps to generate a better understanding of the transition and of the social and political forces that have contributed to this process in contemporary Taiwan. The inclusions and exclusions with respect to the societal factors and an inquiry into the nature of power distribution and state legitimacy could divulge the inputs for such an inquiry. Multiple factors influence the institutionalisation process and the transformation is necessarily a gradual and often pain-ful one, since efforts have to be geared towards both promoting and preserving the gains and preventing any backsliding.

Obstacles to LGBT Human Rights Development in Taiwan

Two activists identify hate speech and morality as two obstacles to LGBT human rights in Taiwan. Although there is no legal discrimination against homosexuals in Taiwan, the authors argue that their absence in the definition of law constitutes another order of violence. Social activism has to begin by taking stock of the workings of language and morality.

From Housewives to Activists: Lived Experiences of Mothers for Disability Rights in Taiwan

When a family has a disabled child, the mother usually takes on the caretaker role and also carries the social stigma associated with disability. Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews with members of the Parents Association for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (PAPID), this article explores the meanings of activism for parents who participate in the disability rights movement. First, it shows the impact of disability stigma on family members, especially the mothers of disabled persons. Second, the study shows that the participants of this movement, mainly the mothers of intellectually disabled children, not only promote the welfare of their children but they also learn to confront social stigma and renegotiate their gender roles. Parents' associations have become an important public space for these mothers to escape home confinement and enjoy civic life. In contrast, the fathers who were interviewed saw activism as an obligation and were less likely to show emotional attachment to the civic organizations.

The politics of human rights in East Asia

Introduction: Asian and western views on human rights -a clash of values? Section 1 Northeast Asia - human rights in China, human rights in Taiwan, human rights in Korea, human rights in Japan section 2 Southeast Asia - human rights in Indonesia, human rights in Burma/Vietnam, human rights in Thailand and the Philippines, human rights in Malaysia and Singapore, ASEAN and human rights. Conclusion: east Asia and human rights problems and paradoxes.