人權教育在台灣的推動及其進取之道

An Examination of Human Rights Education Under Two Ruling Parties in Taiwan

2016年台灣的大選結果，素來對人權倡議有較多同情的民主進步黨取得政權。假如這曾提出以人權立國的政黨重新要來推動人權教育，並期許以人權政策和國際社會接軌，他們在人權教育的推動上究竟應該採取什麼樣的作為才會最有效？在這篇論文中，本文作者先交待從2000年到2015年當中兩個執政黨在人權教育上的作為，在交待過程中，作者從教育理論和實踐工作者的觀點來評述他們所採作為的有效程度，最後提出一些具體看法，以供新政府做為施政的參考。

In 2000, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) held the presidency of the Republic of China (Taiwan, ROC). Since the DPP stood for the democratic forces that were against authoritarianism, President Chen Shui-bian declared an emphasis on human rights during his inaugural address. He expressed his wish to “legislate international human rights law into domestic law,” establish the National Human Rights Commission and invite personnel from international organizations to help Taiwan implement human rights. There was no doubt that the DPP, under determined and strong-willed leaders, sought to found the nation based on human rights. Having been led by a minister and deputy minister with human rights consciousness, the Ministry of Education began to take action, such as establishing a Committee for Human Rights Promotion, and endorsing the four - year plan for human rights education. The DPP’s desire and action to promote human rights education was unique among Chinese nations, but in 2008, the more conservative Kuomintang (KMT or Nationalist’s Party) regained control over the country. Although President Ma Ying-jeou mentioned human rights in his election manifesto, he implemented no policies related to human rights education during his first few years in office. As a result, we can expect that human rights education in Taiwan during the presidency of Ma Ying-jeou would not flourish as much as under a DPP regime. This paper demonstrates the strategy and policy by which the DPP promoted human rights and compare this to human rights education in Taiwan after 2008. In addition, this paper compares the efficacy of human rights education under both regimes from a practitioner’s point of view.