The document summarizes key issues raised in a shadow report on gender equality and environmental justice submitted in response to Taiwan's second national CEDAW report. It discusses how Taiwan's development policies have caused discrimination and environmental problems through farmland loss and pollution. The government report failed to address declining food self-sufficiency, rising food prices, fragmentation and pollution of farmland from factories. It also did not examine the threats of these issues and land expropriation practices to vulnerable groups like women. Compulsory land expropriation has forced evictions and homelessness due to lack of comprehensive compensation.
Legality and legal pluralism article j. platteeuwGemini Reich
The document summarizes the development of legal safeguards for Taiwan's indigenous peoples since democratic reforms in the late 1980s. Key legal changes included establishing seats for indigenous peoples in the legislature in 1991, constitutional amendments recognizing indigenous rights in 1994 and 2000, the formation of the Council of Indigenous Peoples in 1996, the Indigenous Peoples Basic Law in 2005, and other laws addressing education, employment, and cultural rights. The document analyzes these legal changes from both political and legal pluralism perspectives, noting tensions between indigenous customary law and the national framework.
The document provides a brief introduction to Taiwan's indigenous peoples through a 3-part structure. It begins with a history section explaining that Taiwan's indigenous peoples arrived between 5,000-3,000 BC and may be related to the Austronesian language family that spread throughout the Pacific. The history of two tribes, the Seediq and Babuza, is then described in more detail to provide context on indigenous life and cultural practices. The document shifts to the present-day legal status and politics of indigeneity in Taiwan, noting issues like displacement and environmental conflicts.
The document summarizes key issues raised in a shadow report on gender equality and environmental justice submitted in response to Taiwan's second national CEDAW report. It discusses how Taiwan's development policies have caused discrimination and environmental problems through farmland loss and pollution. The government report failed to address declining food self-sufficiency, rising food prices, fragmentation and pollution of farmland from factories. It also did not examine the threats of these issues and land expropriation practices to vulnerable groups like women. Compulsory land expropriation has forced evictions and homelessness due to lack of comprehensive compensation.
Legality and legal pluralism article j. platteeuwGemini Reich
The document summarizes the development of legal safeguards for Taiwan's indigenous peoples since democratic reforms in the late 1980s. Key legal changes included establishing seats for indigenous peoples in the legislature in 1991, constitutional amendments recognizing indigenous rights in 1994 and 2000, the formation of the Council of Indigenous Peoples in 1996, the Indigenous Peoples Basic Law in 2005, and other laws addressing education, employment, and cultural rights. The document analyzes these legal changes from both political and legal pluralism perspectives, noting tensions between indigenous customary law and the national framework.
The document provides a brief introduction to Taiwan's indigenous peoples through a 3-part structure. It begins with a history section explaining that Taiwan's indigenous peoples arrived between 5,000-3,000 BC and may be related to the Austronesian language family that spread throughout the Pacific. The history of two tribes, the Seediq and Babuza, is then described in more detail to provide context on indigenous life and cultural practices. The document shifts to the present-day legal status and politics of indigeneity in Taiwan, noting issues like displacement and environmental conflicts.