Publish Date：2025-06-23

Update Date：2025-06-23

Attended the 29th meeting of the Ministry of the Interior’s Human Rights Working Group to participate in discussions on the progress of domestic legislation for the Convention Against Torture.

Publish Date：2025-06-05

Update Date：2025-06-23

In line with the National Human Rights Action Plan and efforts to establish indicators for assessing the human rights situation in Taiwan, this ministry developed indicators for the “Indicators on the right not to be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” After review by the Department of Human Rights of the Executive Yuan and consideration of their feedback, the indicators were revised and submitted as the third draft.

Publish Date：2025-05-01

Update Date：2025-06-23

In order to implement the National Human Rights Action Plan and to establish indicators for assessing the current human rights situation in Taiwan, this ministry developed human rights indicators for the “Indicators on the right not to be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” The indicators were submitted to the Department of Human Rights of the Executive Yuan for review. After incorporating suggested revisions, the second draft was formally submitted for their response.

Publish Date：2025-04-18

Update Date：2025-06-23

The draft of the Act to Implement the Convention Against Torture participated in the Executive Yuan’s pilot program for human rights impact assessments of legislative proposals. On July 31, representatives attended the Executive Yuan’s “Workshop on Pilot Legislative and Medium- to Long-Term Project Human Rights Impact Assessments” organized by the Department of Human Rights and Transitional Justice. Discussions were held with the Department and the Human Rights Assessment Working Group regarding challenges encountered during the assessment process. After considering the opinions of the Working Group members, the checklist was revised and finalized as the second draft on August 13 and submitted to the Department of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of the Interior.

Publish Date：2024-07-04

Update Date：2025-06-05

To implement the National Human Rights Action Plan and establish human rights indicators to better understand the current human rights situation in Taiwan, the Ministry of Interior has developed human rights indicators for the “Indicators on the right not to be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
Relevant agencies were invited to participate in coordination meetings, and on July 4, the Ministry of Interior submitted the comprehensive list and explanatory documents to the Executive Yuan for review.

Publish Date：2024-06-24

Update Date：2024-12-31

In order to implement the National Human Rights Action Plan, the Ministry of Interior invited NGOs, children representatives, experts and scholars, and representatives from the Executive Yuan, Control Yuan, Judicial Yuan and various agencies to hold the third discussion meeting on establishing "Indicators on the right not to be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment".

Publish Date：2024-05-30

Update Date：2024-12-31

In order to implement the National Human Rights Action Plan, the Ministry of Interior invited experts, scholars and representatives from the Executive Yuan, Control Yuan, Judicial Yuan and various agencies to hold the second discussion meeting on establishing "Indicators on the right not to be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment".

Publish Date：2024-05-13

Update Date：2024-12-31

In order to implement the National Human Rights Action Plan, the Ministry of Interior invited experts, scholars and representatives from the Executive Yuan, Control Yuan, Judicial Yuan and various agencies to hold the first discussion meeting on establishing "Indicators on the right not to be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
or punishment".

Publish Date：2024-02-05

Update Date：2024-12-31

The Department of Human Rights and Transitional Justice of the Executive Yuan held a meeting to discuss relevant documents related to The draft of Implementation Act of the CAT on 5 Feburary 2024.

Publish Date：2024-01-30

Update Date：2024-12-31

Because of the expiration of the 10th term of the Legislative Yuan, the draft of Implementation Act of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), CAT and its Optional Protocol were sent to the Executive Yuan on 30 January 2024.

Publish Date：2023-10-29

Update Date：2023-12-18

Associate Professor Liu, Jia-Fa from the Department of Administration Police of the Central Police University was commisioned to conduct a lecture on "Convention Against Torture Education and Training for Police Officers" in special municipalities in Taiwan. A total of 843 cadres and grass-roots colleagues participated in the training to ensure that police officers were familiar with the provisions of the Convention, taking into account human rights protection when enforcing the law.

Publish Date：2023-09-22

Update Date：2023-12-18

Completed the production of 2 "Promotional Animations for the Convention Against Torture(CAT)". Professor Chang, Kuang-ming, the director of the Department of Criminal Justice at Ming Chuan University, and the team from the School of Design were commissioned to produce lively animations to introduce the spirit and connotation of the Convention against Torture (CAT) and uploaded them to the official website and Youtube channel for the public to watch.

Publish Date：2023-06-24

Update Date：2023-12-18

Participated in the "International Exchange on Domestic Legal Practice of the Convention Against Torture (CAT) and the 24th Meeting of the Human Rights Working Group of the Ministry of Justice" convened by the Ministry of Justice, and conducted in-depth discussions and analysis with Jens Modvig, an international human rights expert in the field of prohibition of torture, on whether and how to include the crime of torture in criminal law, extensively collecting valuable suggestions from all participants.

Publish Date：2023-04-19

Update Date：2023-12-18

The U.S. State Department released the 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices of various countries. Regarding the human rights situation on promotion of the prohibition of torture in Taiwan, no cases related to torture by public officials or the military were found.

Publish Date：2022-11-03

Update Date：2023-12-18

Manfred Nowak, an Austrian international human rights expert and a professor of international law and human rights in University of Vienna's School of Law, was commissioned to produce a promotional video titled "Lecture on the Convention against Torture (CAT): Development of the CAT and Introduction to International Cases" to introduce the development of the CAT, the definition of torture, the international practice of preventing torture and the sharing of experiences during serving as a United Nations Special Rapporteur on the issue of torture, which gave the audience a more specific understanding of the CAT.