International Review Conference for the ROC's Third National Report on the Two Covenants

In order to continue the review mechanism for National reports, in line with the previous international review conferences on first and second National reports on the two Covenants, the ROC will invite 10 international human rights experts to attend the Third International Review Conference on the two Covenants to be held at the International Conference Center of CHANG YUNG-FA Foudation from May 9 to 13, 2022.

• Agenda
• International Review Members for the Third National Report on the Two Covenants
• Live Broadcast Area of the International Review Conference for the Third National Report on the Two Covenants
• First LOI and responses from government bodies and parallel responses from non-governmental organizations
• Second LOI and responses from government bodies and parallel responses from non-governmental organizations
• Concluding observations

Review Committee for the ROC's Third Report under the ICCPR 

Shanthi Dairiam

Nation: Malaysia

Current Position:

• Member of the Board of Directors International Women Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW), Malaysia
• Member of the National Advisory Council on Women, Malaysia
• Member of the National Advisory Council on Women, Malaysia

Experience:

• Member of Advisory Panel, Disability Rights Fund, Boston, USA (2008-present)
• CEDAW Committee Member (2005-2008); CEDAW Committee Rapporteur (2007-2008)
• Member of the National Advisory Council on Women, Malaysia, (March 2005- present)
• Member of the Board of Directors, International Women Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW), Malaysia (1996- Present) ;Executive Director (1993-2004)

Notes: 

• Review Committee for the ROC’s First and Second Report under the ICCPR
• Review Committee for the ROC’s Second Report under the CEDAW

Peer Lorenzen

Nation: Denmark

Current Position:

• Retired Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

Experience:

• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights (1998- 2014)
• Member of the European Commission of Human Rights (1995-1999)
• Judge of the Supreme Court of Denmark(1994-2009)
• Judge of the High Court of Western Denmark(1983-1992)；President of the High Court of Western Denmark(1992-1994)
• Member of the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Human Rights Development(1983-1992)；Chair(1991-1992)

Notes: Review Committee for the ROC’s Second Report under the ICCPR

William Anthony Schabas

Nation: Canada

Current Position:

Professor of international law at Middlesex University in the United Kingdom

Professor of international human law and human rights at Leiden University in the Netherlands

Experience:

President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) (2009-2011)

Chair of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in Human Rights(2009-2011)

Chair of the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict(2014-2015)

Emeritus professor of human rights law at the National University of Ireland Galway

Honorary chairman of the Irish Centre for Human Rights

Rukka Sombolinggi

Nation: Indonesia

Current Position:

Secretary General of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN)

Experience:

Program Specialist of UNDP Regional Indigenous Peoples Programming at UNDP Asia Pacific Regional Centre（2007-2010）

Project Manager of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) （2011-2017）

Review Committee for the ROC's Third Report under the ICESCR

Eibe Riedel

Nation: Germany

Current Position:

Member of the German UNESCO Commission

Judge at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague

Professor (emeritus) of Comparative Public Law, International and European Law of the University of Mannheim / Germany

Experience:

Former member and Vice-Chairperson of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1997-2012)

Professor of the University of Mannheim / Germany（1993-2008）

Chairperson of the board of trustees of the German Institute for Human Rights, Berlin

Director of the Institute for German, European and International Medical Law and Bioethics of the Universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim

Director of the Institute for Transport Law and Inland Navigation Law at the University of Mannheim

Notes: Review Committee for the ROC’s First and Second Report under the ICESCR

Virginia Bonoan-dandan

Nation: Philippines

Current Position:

UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity

Experience:

Chairperson of the CESCR (1998-2006); member (1990-2010)

Professor of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines：Dean

National Project Manager, Human Rights Community Development Project in three Philippine Indigenous Peoples’ Communities

National Project Manager, a bi-lateral project of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines and the New Zealand Human Rights Commission (2008-2010)

Notes: Review Committee for the ROC’s First and Second Report under the ICESCR

Heisoo Shin

Nation: Korea

Current Position:

Member of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Adjunct Professor of Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University

Experience:

Member (and Vice Chair for 2003-2004) of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) for the terms of 2001-2004 and 2005-2008

Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission in  Korea (2005-2008)

Member of the International Advisory Committee for the UN Secretary-General’s in-depth study on all forms of violence against women (2005-2006)

Member of UN High-Level Mission to Afghanistan (August 2006)

Member of Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, on its Task Force on Violence against Women (1992-1999), Steering Committee (1995-1999), Working Group on Women’s Human Rights (2000-2007) and Organizing Committee (2009-Present)

Chairperson of the Committee on Gender Policies, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea (2006-Present)

Notes: 

Review Committee for the ROC’s First and Second Report under the ICESCR

Review Committee member of the Taiwan’s First, Second and Third Report on the Implementation of CEDAW

Rosslyn Noonan

Nation: New Zealand

Current Position:

Expert Consultant of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions(APF)

Advisor of the Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI)

Director at the Faculty of Law of Auckland Universitys Centre for Human Rights Law, Policy & Practice

Experience:

Chair of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC) (2010-2012)

Chairperson of the New Zealand Human Rights Commission (2001-2011)

Chairperson of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (GANHRI)

Miloon Kothari (Unable to come to Taiwan due to personal reasons)

Nation: India

Current Position: 

President of UPR Info

Experience:

Special Rapporteur on adequate housing with the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council (2000-2008)

Founder and Executive Director of HIC’s Housing and Land Rights Network

Convener of the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR)

Notes: Review Committee for the ROC’s Second Report under the ICESCR