Taiwan’s Truth and Reconciliation Committee: The Geopolitics of Transitional Justice in a Contested State

Rowen, Ian; Rowen, Jamie

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“…Taiwan has established a middle-power democratic niche and transnational mode of diplomacy intertwined with gender equity that have amplified its influence to 'punch above its weight'-like Costa Rica, Canada, the Netherlands, and the Nordic countries, (Brysk, 2009;Krumbein, 2019). Scholars of Taiwan's human rights reform point to the importance of transcending international weakness with soft power strength ( Shipper, 2012;Rowen & Rowen, 2017. As Delisle puts it, in the international relations game Taiwan holds a poor hand of military clubs and economic diamonds, so "Taiwan's best option, thus, has been to play hearts-to emphasize its high standing on "values" issues, including international human rights" (deLisle, 2019) .…”

Section: Theory and Literature: Constructing Rightsmentioning

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Constructing rights in Taiwan: the feminist factor, democratization, and the quest for global citizenship

Brysk

2020

The Pacific Review

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In an era of worldwide rights regression, beleaguered Taiwan remains Asia's most democratic, gender equitable, and liberal internationalist nation. What accounts for this seemingly exceptional record-and how does the feminist factor contribute to the construction of rights? Bridging constructivist and feminist scholarship, this essay argues that gender equity is a force multiplier for democratization as it empowers civil society and fosters legitimacy at home and abroad. In a three-level game, states at the margin of the international system may benefit from rights reform that expands the national interest and delivers material and reputational rewards. The case of Taiwan illustrates the dynamics of the double transition to liberal democracy and a liberal gender regime and its projection to world politics. The rewards of rights for Taiwan suggest a wider range of options even in small states facing regional challenges-and greater attention to the feminist factor in world politics.KEYWORDS human rights; Taiwan; gender; democratization; transnationalism In an era of worldwide rights regression, Taiwan remains Asia's most democratic, gender equitable, and liberal internationalist nation. Taiwan ranks 9 th in the world in gender equality-higher than China, Korea, Singapore, or Japan. The election of a woman President in 2016, renewed in 2020, caps a rising tide of women's political empowerment with 42% Parliamentary representation, legislative reforms in all areas of equity and security, and an active women's movement (Department of Gender Equality 2020; Law, 2020) What accounts for this seemingly exceptional record-and how does the feminist factor contribute to the construction of human rights? Bridging constructivist and feminist scholarship, this essay argues that Taiwan's CONTACT Alison Brysk

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Section: Theory and Literature: Constructing Rightsmentioning

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Constructing rights in Taiwan: the feminist factor, democratization, and the quest for global citizenship

Brysk

2020

The Pacific Review

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“…At the political level, official truth commissions with the explicit aim of contributing to reconciliation may, as highlighted by Wilson (2001), be a means by which political elites evade accountability while still pursuing the ideas of co-existence. The launch of a public inquiry can also be a political strategy by a government, including to counter external pressure (Rowen and Rowen 2017). Post-war realities may include persistent militarization and manifest asymmetric power relationships between victims and perpetrators that influence witnesses also in more subtle ways (Alcalá and Uribe 2016).…”

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Testimony Under Threat: Women’s Voices and the Pursuit of Justice in Post-War Sri Lanka

Höglund

2019

Hum Rights Rev

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This paper foregrounds how women's public testimony as part of a formal transitional justice initiative is shaped by the particular context in which a commission operate, including the political and security environment. While the literature has engaged with the gendered predicaments of truth commissions after peace agreements and during transitions away from non-democratic rule, the function of such initiatives in more authoritarian and in immediate postwar contexts is generally overlooked. I examine women's testimonies from Sri Lanka's Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), and contend that pervasive militarization and insecurity, and the conduct of the Commission, influenced the stories that came forth. Women's testimonies in the war-torn areas primarily represent pleas for information about missing family members and reflect important silences about the women's own experiences of abuse, including ongoing postwar insecurities. The analysis raises questions about what may be expected from transitional justice efforts in difficult postwar contexts.

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“…Alors que la quête de la justice transitionnelle s'est notablement intensifiée au cours des dernières décennies, en particulier après la montée du Parti démocrate progressiste (PDP) en tant que force d'opposition, le KMT demeure un parti influent. Une grande partie des débats qui ont lieu à Taiwan aujourd'hui vise à trouver un moyen de résoudre de façon appropriée ces questions historiques et politiques (Rowen et Rowen 2017 ;Stolojan 2017).…”

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“…Au contraire, elle poussera l'île vers l'avant » 23 . L'approche de Tsai privilégie davantage la réconciliation sociale que la justice rétributive, condamnant la répression du régime de Chiang Kai-shek tout en respectant le cadre systémique établi par le KMT (Rowen et Rowen 2017 ;Stolojan 2017). Est-ce que cette solution s'avèrera « judicieuse » ?…”

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Politiques de l’imagination à Formose : contester le multi-culturalisme, les traditions et la mémoire historique dans Ten Years Taiwan

Wu¹

2019

chinaperspectives

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Taiwan’s Truth and Reconciliation Committee: The Geopolitics of Transitional Justice in a Contested State

Cited by 28 publications

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Constructing rights in Taiwan: the feminist factor, democratization, and the quest for global citizenship

Constructing rights in Taiwan: the feminist factor, democratization, and the quest for global citizenship

Testimony Under Threat: Women’s Voices and the Pursuit of Justice in Post-War Sri Lanka

Politiques de l’imagination à Formose : contester le multi-culturalisme, les traditions et la mémoire historique dans Ten Years Taiwan

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