Taipei Times
Date: Mar 24, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwan and the EU on Thursday concluded their first annual human rights consultations at
Mercedes Garcia Perez, center, head of the European External Action Service’s Division for Human Rights, participates in a discussion with young people and NGO workers in Taipei on Thursday evening. Photo: CNA
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taipei, with the EU praising the talks as “friendly, open and constructive.”
The talks focused on the abolition of the death penalty and the promotion of equality for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community.
The EU delegation was led by Mercedes Garcia Perez, head of the Division for Human Rights at the European External Action Service, the EU’s diplomatic service, while the Taiwan delegation was headed by Minister Without Portfolio Lo Ping-chen (羅秉成).
In a joint statement issued by the European Economic and Trade Office in Taiwan — the EU’s representative office in Taiwan — the EU commended Taiwan’s far-reaching human rights agenda and encouraged the nation to actively communicate internationally about its human rights model. [FULL STORY]
