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The author was requested by the government of Taiwan to lead a group of highly distinguished international human rights experts entrusted with the task of reviewing Taiwan’s compliance with the rights enshrined in the International Human Rights Covenants (ICESCR and ICCPR). This chapter contains some personal reflections by the author on the review proceedings in 2013 and 2017. Particular emphasis focuses on the need to abolish the death penalty.
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Nowak, M. (2019). Personal Reflections on the Taiwan Human Rights Review Process. In: Cohen, J., Alford, W., Lo, Cf. (eds) Taiwan and International Human Rights. Economics, Law, and Institutions in Asia Pacific. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0350-0_18
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