Partly Virtual, Partly Real: Taiwan’s Unique Interaction with International Human Rights Instruments

One major purpose of the United Nations (UN) is to promote and encourage respect for human rights for all. The UN and its members, in pursuit of this purpose, shall act in accordance with the principle that all persons are endowed with fundamental human rights, regardless of the country in which they live. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which was adopted in 1948 by the UN General Assembly (GA), has been proclaimed as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations. Therefore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the international status of