rights treaties, asTable 7. 1 shows.
33
The case of Taiwan is significant in that it
demonstrates how alternative approaches may be developed to internalize inter-
national human rights norms.
34
In the first decade of the twenty-first century, Taiwan has made more significant
progress. In 2007 , accession to the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) was passed by an overwhelming parlia-
mentary majority and formally announced by the president.^35 However, the
Table 7. 1 Adoption of international human rights treaties in Taiwan.
International
human rights treaty
Date of signing Date of ratifying Domestic incorporation or
implementation
UN Charter June 26 , 1945 September 28 ,
1945
1947 Art. 141 of the
Constitution provides the
respect for the UN Charter
Universal
Declaration of
Human Rights
December 10 ,
1948
1998 redeclaration of full
compliance
Genocide
Convention
July 20 , 1949 May 5 , 1951 1953 Genocide Punishment
Act passed
ICCPR October 5 , 1967 March 31 , 2009
(legislature)
May 14 , 2009
(president)
March 31 , 2009 ,
Implementation Act passed
April 22 , 2012 , release of the
initial state report
ICESCR October 5 , 1967 March 31 , 2009
(legislature)
May 14 , 2009
(president)
March 31 , 2009 ,
Implementation Act passed
April 22 , 2012 , release of the
initial state report
1971
CEDAW (Women’s
Convention)
January 5 , 2007
(legislature)
February 9 ,
2007 (president)
March 27 , 2009 , release of
the initial state report
May 20 , 2011 ,
Implementation Act passed
CRC (Children’s
Convention)
June 14 , 1990 , amendment of
the Children Welfare Act
FCTC (Framework
Convention on
Tobacco Control)
January 14 , 2005
(legislature)
March 30 , 2005
(president)
July 11 , 2007 /January 23 ,
2008 , amendment of
Tobacco Harm Prevention
Act
Source:the authors
(^33) Chang, “Bottom-up transnational constitutionalism,” 211.
(^34) Chang, “International human rights,” 614 – 18.
(^35) Press release, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Ministry of Foreign Affairs Proactively Promotes
Taiwan’s Participation in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of