HUMAN RIGHTS PERFORMANCE IN TAIWAN

In the past three decades, Taiwan has made a great stride in protecting human rights since democratization. This is all the more remarkable given the emergence of democratic backsliding around the globe and should be attributed not only to the government, including all three branches but also to civil society. This panel comprises four students of constitutional law. Yen-tu Su analyzes, explains and assesses the workings of the Constitutional Court Simulation in Taiwan as a moot court education program. Cheng-Yi Huang studies three social movements in East Asia and their appeal of constitutional reform so as to bridge epistemic democracy and legal studies of constitutional authority. Chien-Chih Lin suggests that Taiwan can become the only democracy in Chinese societies because it discards Confucianism and Asian values. Finally, Hui-chieh Su suggests that the Constitutional Court‘s reliance on American theories does not necessarily guarantee free speech at a higher protection level.



Time:  TUESDAY JUNE 26 2018 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Chair(s):   Wen-Chen Chang
Panel:  Panel 68