| Reference: | 1. Books, Chapters and Articles
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Celermajer, D. 1996. Overdue and Understated: Australia’s draft third ICCPR report. Human Rights Defender, 22.
Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative, 2003. ICCPR Legal Implementation Index. Washington: American Bar Association.
Chang, K. 2006. Journey through the White Terror: A daughter`s memoir. Taipei: National Taiwan University Press.
Chang, Y.-K. 2006. Out of the Closet and into the Political Arena: Can the internet become a location for queer movements? Journal of Cyber Culture and Information Society, 10 165-204.
Chen, A.H.-Y. 2006. Conclusion: Comparative reflections on human rights in Asia. In Peerenboom, R., Petersen, C.J. and Chen, A.H.-Y. (Eds) Human Rights in Asia: A comparative legal study of twelve Asian jurisdictions, France and the USA. London: Routledge.
Chen, L.-T. and Lin, C.-S. 2007. A Critique of the Taiwanese Basic Law of Human Rights in Light of the International Bill of Human Rights. (In Chinese) Renwen ji Shehui Kexue Jikan (人文及社會科學集刊) Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 3:6.
Chiang, S.-F. 2001. Ryden, E. (Tr.) Abolition of the Death Penalty: a review of scholarship in Taiwan. Peace Papers 6, Taipei: John Paul II Peace Institute.
Chiu, H.-Y. 2006. Deterrence, Dignity, and the Death Penalty: Analyzing Taiwan’s attitudes toward the abolition of the death penalty. Taiwanese Journal of Sociology, 37.
Coomans, F., Grünfeld, F. and Kamminga, M.T. 2009. A Primer. In Coomans, F., Grünfeld, F. and Kamminga, M.T. (Eds) Methods of Human Rights Research. Antwep: Intersentia.
Copper, J.F. 2009. The Devolution of Taiwan’s Democracy during the Chen Shui-bian Era. Journal of Contemporary China, 18:60 463-478
Diamond, L. 2001. Anatomy of an Electoral Earthquake: how the KMT lost and DPP won the 2000 presidential election. In Alagappa, M. (Ed.) Taiwan’s Presidential Politics: Democratization and Cross-Strait relations in the Twenty-first Century, Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe.
Executive Yuan, 2002. Human Rights Infrastructure-building for a Human Rights State. Human Rights Policy White Paper of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Feuchtwang, S. 2007. ‘Communism’ in Taiwan and the Mainland: Transmission of the Great Leap Famine and of the White Terror. Taiwan in Comparative Perspective, 1 November.
Han, L.-B. 2004. Review of the Draft Basic Law on Human Rights. (In Chinese) Wufeng Xuebao (吳鳳學報) Wu Feng Institute of Technology Journal 12 1-8.
Hood, R. 1996. The Death Penalty: A World-wide perspective. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Hsiung, J. 1981. The Taiwan Experience 1950-1980. New York: Praeger.
Huang, M. 2008. Retropective and Prospective Human Rights in Taiwan. (In Chinese) Taiwan Minzhu Jikan (臺灣民主季刊) Taiwan Democracy Quarterly, 5 181-187.
Huang, M. 2008. The ‘Human Rights Diplomacy’ Campaign of the Chen Shui-Bian Administration 2000-2004. Presented at the International Conference on Human Rights Protection and Practice in Taiwan. National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 3 October.
Human Rights Protection and Promotion Committee, Executive Yuan. 2009. 2007-2008 National Human Rights Report.
Hwang, J.-Y., Liao, F.-T. and Chang, W.-C. 2003. Development of Constitutional Law and Human Rights in Taiwan Facing the New Century. Chiba: Institute for Developing Economies.
Hwang, S.-D. 2004. A Comparison of Voting Coalitions in the Legislative Yuan Before and After Party Turnover of the Year 2000 (In Chinese) Xuanju Yianjiu Qikan (選舉研究期刊) Journal of Electoral Studies, 11:1.
Kennedy, B. 2002. Taiwan Raises the Bar of Human Rights Higher. Taiwan Journal, 26:20.
Johnson, D.T. and Zimring, F.E. 2009. The Next Frontier – National development, political change and the death penalty in Asia. New York: Oxford University Press.
Johnson, D.T. and Zimring, F.E. 2006. Taking Capital Punishment Seriously. Asian Criminology, 1. 89-95.
Kerr, G.H. 1965. Formosa Betrayed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Kjaerum, M. 2003. National Human Rights Institutions Implementing Human Rights. Copenhagen: Danish Institute for Human Rights.
Legislative Yuan, 2003. (In Chinese) Lifayuan Gongbao (立法院公報) Gazette of the Legislative Yuan, 92:5
Liao, F.-T. 2001. Establishing a National Human Rights Commission in Taiwan: The role of NGOs and challenges ahead. Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Rights and the Law, 2:2 90-109.
Liao, F.-T. 2008. From Seventy-eight to Zero: Why executions declined after Taiwan’s democratization. Punishment and Society, 10:2 153-170.
Liao, F.-T. and Hwang, J.-Y. 2002. Think Globally, Do Locally – Internationalizing Taiwan’s human rights regime. Taiwan’s Modernization in Global Perspective, Chow, P. Ed. New York : Praeger. 79-102.
Lin, F.C.-C. 2006. The Implementation of Human Rights Law in Taiwan. In Peerenboom, R., Petersen, C.J. and Chen, A.H.-Y. (Eds) Human Rights in Asia: A comparative legal study of twelve Asian jurisdictions, France and the USA. London: Routledge.
Lindsnaes, B. and Lindholt, L. 2000. National Human Rights Institutions: Standard-setting and achievements. In Lindsnaes, B., Lindholt, L. and Yigen, K. (Eds) National Human Rights Institutions: Articles and Papers. Copenhagen: The Danish Centre for Human Rights.
Marks, T. 1998. Counterrevolution in China: Wang Sheng and the Kuomintang. London: Frank Cass.
McPhedran, S. and Baker, J. 2008. The Impact of Australia’s 1996 Firearms Legislation: a research review with emphasis on data selection, methodological issues, and statistical outcomes. Justice Policy Journal, 5:1.
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Schafferer, C. 2008. State of Democracy in Taiwan: Tracing the obstacles to further democratic development. Presented at Prospects of Democracy in East Asia for the 21st Century: Issues, threats and challenges. 28-29 November, Jakarta.
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The Death Penalty Issue Research Group, 2000. The Taiwan Death Penalty Issue in International Perspective, Taiwan Human Rights Report 2000. Taipei: Taiwan Association for Human Rights.
Walton, M. 2005. Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR. NSW Council of Civil Liberties Background Paper, 4.
Wang, P. 2007. Bastion Created, Regime Reformed, Economy Reengineered. In Rubinstein (Ed.) Taiwan: A New History. New York: ME Sharpe.
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Yang, P.-C. 2004. The Road to Freedom. Taipei: Dr Chen Wen-chen Memorial Foundation.
2. Treaties, UN Resolutions and Declarations
Declaration and Programme of Action. 2000. UN World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, opened for signature 19 December 1966, 999 UNTS 171 (entered into force 23 March 1976).
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, opened for signature 19 December 1966, 993 UNTS 3 (entered into force 3 January 1976).
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, opened for signature 19 December 1966, (entered into force 23 March 1976)
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty, opened for signature 15 December 1989 (entered into force 11 July 1991)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN General Assembly Resolution 217 A, 10 December 1948
UN General Assembly Resolution 48/134 (20 December 1993)
3. Legislation
ROC (Taiwan)
Enacted law
Constitution of the Republic of China 1947
Act for the Control and Punishment of Banditry 1943
Act to Implement the ICCPR and ICESCR 2009
Civil Code 1929
Criminal Code 1929
Criminal Code of the Armed Forces 1929
Criminal Procedure Law 1935
Mobilization for the Suppression of Communist Rebellion Provisional Act (Martial Law) 1948
Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion 1948
Draft law
Human Rights Protection and Promotion Committee, 2001. Draft Organic Law on the National Human Rights Commission
Human Rights Protection and Promotion Committee, 2001. Draft Law on the Powers of the National Human Rights Commission
Human Rights Protection and Promotion Committee, 2003. Draft Basic Law on Human Rights.
Human Rights Protection and Promotion Committee, 2005. Draft Bill of Rights
Human Rights Protection and Promotion Committee, 2006. Draft Human Rights Law
Ministry of Justice, 2000. Draft National Human Rights Commission Investigative Powers Enactment Law
Ministry of Justice, 2001. Draft Basic Law on the Protection of Human Rights
Australian Legislation
Commonwealth Legislation
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900
Age Discrimination Act 2004
Australian Bill of Rights Bill 1985
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Human Rights Bill 1973
Human Rights Commission Act 1981
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Act 1986 (renamed Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986)
Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994
Race Discrimination Act 1975
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
State and Territory Legislation
ACT Human Rights Act 2004
Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
Tasmanian Criminal Code Act 1924
Victorian Charter of Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006
4. Cases – Australian High Court
Brandy v HREOC [1995] HCA 10
Croome v Tasmania (1997) 191 CLR 119
Mabo v State of Queensland (1992) 175 CLR 1
5. Newspaper and press reports
An, C.-H. and Wu, S. 2010. MOJ Looking to Replace Death Penalty with Non-Parole Life Sentence. Taiwan News, 15 April.
Bradsher, K. and Moore, J. 2009. An Interview with Ma Ying-jeou. New York Times. 22 February.
Chang, R. and Loa, I.-S. 2010. Justice Chief Defends Stay of Executions. Taipei Times, 11 March. p. 1
Chiang, H.-J. 2010. Finding a Death Penalty Minister is not Easy, Ma’s Government and Judiciary to become more Conservative. (In Chinese) Zhongguo Shibao (中國時報) China Times, 16 March.
Cohen, J.A. 2010. Tied to the Cause. South China Morning Post, 17 March.
Cohen, J.A. and Chen, Y.-J. 2010. Slippery Slope. South China Morning Post, 13 May.
Cohen, J.A. and Chen, Y.-J. 2009. Will Beijing Follow Taiwan’s Lead on Human Rights? South China Morning Post, 28 May.
Death Penalty Dispute / Presidential Office and Executive Yuan ‘put out the flame’ – Wang Ching-feng steps down. 2010. (In Chinese) Ziyou Shibao (自由時報) Liberty Times, 12 March.
Huang, P. 2009. A Breakthrough in Human Rights. Taipei Times, 8 April, p. 8
Huang, S. 2010. Activists, Academics Accuse the President of Neglecting the Rights of Aborigines. Taipei Times, 12 May. p. 2
Huang, S. 2010. Capital punishment to be Abolished Gradually. Taipei Times, 2 February. p. 3.
Jennifer Wang and Wang Ching-feng: Government policy vs. social movements, 2010. (In Chinese) Lianhe Bao (聯合報) United Daily, 10 May.
Justice Minister Defends Stance on Executions, 2010. (In Chinese) Zhongyang Tongxunshe (中央通訊社) Central News Agency, 10 March.
Justice Minister Wang Resigns, Firmly Opposed to Capital Punishment. 2010. Taiwan News, 13 March.
Lee M.-C., Tsao Y.-F. and Wu, S. 2010. EU Urged to Delink Death Penalty from Visa Waiver. Taiwan News, 2 May.
Lee, S.-H. and Wu, S. 2010. Four Death Row Inmates Executed: MOJ. 2010. Taiwan News, 30 April.
Lin, Y.-F. 2008. President: Reducing the Death Penalty, the way forward. (In Chinese) Zhongyang Tongxunshe (中央通訊社) Central News Agency, 18 June.
Loa, I.-S. 2010. Rights Covenants Still Little Understood. Taipei Times, 22 March. p. 3
Ma Calls for a Rational Debate on Capital Punishment. 2010. (In Chinese) Zhongguo Shibao (中國時報) China Times, 16 March.
New Cabinet Members Head into Office, 2008. Mayer, D. (Tr.) Taiwan Panorama. 7 June.
New Justice Minister Will Not Execute All 44 Inmates at Once. 2010. The China Post, 21 March.
No Timetable for Further Executions: Justice Minister. 2010. The China Post, 5 May.
On Ma Ying-jeou’s Secong Wave of Cabinet Appointments, 2008. Chu, B. (Tr.) China Times. 29 April.
President Ma Signs Instruments of Ratification on UN Human Rights Covenants. 2009. KMT News Network. 15 May.
President Says Death Penalty Should be Administered According to the Law. 2010. Formosa News. 11 March.
President Vows to Put an End to the Death Penalty. 2003. Taipei Times, 3 October. p. 4
Presidential Office, 2008. President Ma Attends 2008 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award Ceremony. [Press Release] 10 December
Rights Ratification Documents sent to UN. 2009. China Post, 15 June.
Taiwan Executes Four. 2010. The China Post, 2 May.
Taiwan Justice Minister: execution of death penalty is not infraction of international covenants: Liberty Times. 2010. Taiwan News, 23 March.
Taiwan Justice Minister Threatens to Resign Rather than Approve Executions. 2010. Taiwan News, 10 March.
Taiwan Premier-Designate Wu Den-yih presents Cabinet lineup, 2009. Taiwan News, 9 September.
The Debate over the Death Penalty in Taiwan, 2010. Taiwan News, 2 February.
Tseng Yung-fu Named New Justice Minister. 2010. The China Post, 20 March.
Wang, C.-F. 2010. Reason and Tolerance – the suspension of carrying out the death penalty. (In Chinese) Reprinted in Lianhe Bao (聯合報) United Daily, 11 March.
Wang, C.-M. 2010. Regardless of Losing Votes and Impacting the Polls: President Ma – Reforms will be Promoted. (In Chinese) Now News, 19 May.
Wang Chien-shien: A National Human Rights Commission is more suitable in the Control Yuan, 2009. (In Chinese) Zhonghua Ribao (中華日報) China Daily News. 21 July.
Wang Ching-feng: An Individual Against the Death Penalty, 2008. (In Chinese) Pingguo Ribao (蘋果日報) Apple Daily, 23 April.
Wang Ching-feng: Don’t jump to conclusions about carrying out the death penalty, hopes for rectification, 2008. (In Chinese) Zhongyang Tongxunshe (中央通訊社) Central News Agency, 11 May.
Williams, G. 2010. No Death Penalty, No Shades of Grey. The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 March.
6. Speeches
Chen, S.-B. 2000. Taiwan Stands Up: Presidential Inauguaration Address, 20 May.
Ma, Y.-J. 2008. Taiwan’s Renaissance: Presidential Inaugural Speech, 21 May.
7. Online Resources
Attorney-General’s Department, 2006. Common Core Document comprising Fifth ICCPR Report and Fourth ICESCR Report. [Online] www.ag.gov.au/humanrights [Accessed 21 April 2010]
Attorney-General’s Department, 2010. Australia’s Human Rights Framework. [Online] www.ag.gov.au/humanrightsframework [Accessed 21 April 2010]
Australian Human Rights Commission, 2010. About the Commission. [Online] www.hreoc.gov.au [Accessed 11 May 2010]
Australian Human Rights Commission, 2010. Human Rights Publications. [Online] http://www.hreoc.gov.au/human_rights/publications.html [Accessed 11 May 2010]
Australian Human Rights Commission, 2010. The International Bill of Rights. Human Rights Explained, 5. [Online] http://www.hreoc.gov.au/education/hr_explained/5_international.html [Accessed 5 April 2010]
BBC, 2004. Interview: Chen Shui-bian. BBC News. 30 March. [Online] news.bbc.co.uk [Accessed 15 March 2010]
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Roy Morgan Research, 2009. Australians say penalty for murder should be
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