The Transitional Justice Act aims to correct injustices of the martial law period but a partisan structure and narrow focus that ignores indigenous land rights may undermine its popularity and efficacy.
The News Lens
Date: 2017/12/10
By: TNL Staff
Taiwan’s efforts to promote transitional justice took a solid step forward this week but will
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likely fall short of ambitious aims to achieve national reconciliation amid accusations of exclusivity and partisanship.
The Dec. 5 passage of the Act on Promoting Transitional Justice (促進轉型正義條例) (TJA) was framed by President Tsai Ying-wen (蔡英文) as landmark legislation that will enable Taiwan to make peace with a tumultuous past and turn its gaze forward once and for all.
According to a statement by the Executive Yuan, the Cabinet of Tsai’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government, the Act will establish a committee “responsible for declassifying political documents, removing symbols from Taiwan’s authoritarian era, redressing judicial injustices and restoring historical truths” in a bid to “fulfill expectations for achieving transitional justice, reconciliation and unity.” [FULL STORY]
