Experts urge independence for rights body

By Jake Chung / Staff writer, and CNA Add TT as Preferred Source Taiwan should amend its laws to make the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) independent, a member of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) said in Taiwan yesterday.The Control Yuan-run commission was established in 2020. It has 10 members, including the Control Yuan president and human rights experts.Shin Hei-soo, a member of CEDAW’s International Review Committee, said that Taiwan should look at how her nation of South Korea made its National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) an independent organization. National Human Rights Commission members and International Review Committee members for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Wo