The Executive Yuan has issued an administrative directive requiring that transitional justice be included in training for judicial, police and intelligence personnel under its Transitional Justice Educational and Learning Framework.
The framework is part of the National Transitional Justice Education Action Plan 2023-2026, which the Executive Yuan recently approved in line with the Act on Promoting Transitional Justice (促進轉型正義條例).
The plan seeks to “promote social understanding and reconciliation, and for the state to embrace human rights values” to maintain a free and democratic society governed by the rule of law that openly accepts differences of opinions and experiences, the Executive Yuan said.
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It aims to ensure that human rights are protected, foster recognition of the foundations of peace and incorporate local experiences in governance, while maintaining an international outlook, it said.
Transitional justice education is to be implemented at schools of all levels, as well as for civil servants, including in the judiciary, the military, the police and intelligence agencies, it said.
Transitional justice courses are to be integrated into the training and education materials of civil servants, it said.
For the military, training is to include themed programs to bolster patriotism, recognition and understanding of human rights, and knowledge of the law, the Executive Yuan said.
At elementary and junior-high schools, the government would develop transitional justice education programs that incorporate human rights issues, it said.
About 1,000 courses per year addressing transitional justice per year would be offered at high schools, junior colleges and universities, it said.
In terms of educating society, the government would continue to promote transparency in its efforts to dispose of symbols of authoritarianism, restore the rights of victims oppressed by the past autocratic government, publicize previously classified political files, revisit cases of state crimes, grant legal recognition of areas in which acts of state oppression have occurred and enhance an understanding of transitional justice among the public, it said.
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