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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 685-709Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13642987.2022.2153120
Keywords
transitional justice; democratisation; democratic context; civic engagement; international human rights implementation
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This article examines Taiwan's journey and development of transitional justice, analyzes the impacts of contextual dynamics, and explores the roles of civic engagement and international human rights norms.
Taiwan confronted the challenge of transitional justice when it underwent democratic transitions in the late 1980s. This article examines Taiwan's undertaking of transitional justice, the impacts of contextual dynamics on such undertaking, and the extent to which civic engagement and the incorporation of international human rights norms have facilitated transitional justice initiatives. The article argues that Taiwan's negotiation-based transition and authoritarian legacy have substantially shaped the limited development of transitional justice at the early stage of democratisation. Influenced by civic engagement and the domestic implementation of international human rights instruments, new transitional justice mechanisms have been initiated in recent years. These bottom-up mechanisms are examined and highlighted to offer insights for advancing transitional justice and democratic consolidation.
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