The Founding Meeting at Taipei
The Founding Meeting
NGOs at Taipei proposed "A Project for the Establishment of Asian Human Rights Court Simulation" in spring, 2018. Taiwan's NGOs made their best effort to contact with human rights experts around the Asia and organized a working group meeting of AHRCS on Oct. 6 to 7 at Taipei, Taiwan.
After the meeting, all the participants concluded that there shall be a Asian human rights court to oversight Asian governments. They agree to establish the Asian Human Rights Court Simulation, which is a court of the people, for the people, by the people of Asia. They think that the AHRCS will be the very first step to build a real Asian Human Rights Court.
Announcement after the Founding Meeting on 08/10/2018
A Human Rights Court for Asia —of the Peoples, by the Peoples, for the Peoples
The first Asian Human Rights Court Simulation hearing organized by Asian civil society will be held in Taipei, Taiwan in July 2019.
The Chang Fo-Chuan Center for the Study of Human Rights at Soochow University has worked for over 6 months to contact, dialogue and discuss with Taiwan’s NGOs and several Asian human rights experts to establish a civil-society-based human rights court for Asia. The Center hosted the Working Group Meeting of the Asian Human Rights Court Simulation in Taipei from October 6 to 7, 2018.
After the meeting, the Working Group established the Asian Human Rights Court Simulation, which will comprise up to 21 judges. The Working Group has appointed a panel of 3 experts from Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore to: (1) nominate judges of the Court for confirmation by the Working Group within a month; and (2) select 7 judges to preside in the first case of the Asian Human Rights Court Simulation.
The first case being considered by the Court concerns rights of the indigenous peoples in relation to the grant of a mining license by the Taiwan government. The hearing will be held in Taipei, Taiwan in July 2019.