Prominent court cases relating to human rights in Taiwan will be incorporated into Public Service training courses to help officers better understand the concept, the Government’s independent auditory Agency has ruled.
President of the Control Yuan, Chen Chu (pictured) told a news conference the project was a collaborative effort between the Control Yuan’s National Human Rights Committee and the Examination Yuan’s National Academy of Civil Service.
Ms Chen said she was glad to see inter-departmental collaboration on the issue of human rights, as it was an important step forward.
“No one in Taiwan knew what human rights were five decades ago, and for the past five decades, I and others have been working hard to bring the most basic human rights to Taiwanese,” Ms Chen said.
“Civil Servants should be above partisan politics and should dedicate themselves to the advancement of society, similar to some other countries where Civil Servants, no matter which political party they belong to, always work for the people,” she said.
Ms Chen said that when Public Servants learnt about the importance of human rights and understood such concepts transcended politics, they could better help those who were disadvantaged.
“The next step is to collaborate with the Ministry of Education to train teachers and deans to help students nationwide understand the concept of human rights,” she said.
President of the Examination Yuan, Huang Jong-tsun told the news conference that Public Servants were at the core of what made a stable Government.
“Civil Servants should be apolitical and should take pride in it”, Mr Huang said.
Taipei, 30 October 2020
