On Human Rights Day, December 10, 2019, the Legislation Yuan passed the Organic Act of the Control Yuan National Human Rights Commission. The 10 commissioners National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) was officially launched.
In 1993, the UN General Assembly adopted the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (the Paris Principles) to encourage, promote and assistcountries in establishing national human rights institutions (NHRIs).
The Paris Principles set forth the essential mission of NHRIs as promoting and protecting human rights, and identify six criteria that NHRIs require to meet: a broad-based mandate based on universal human rights standards, autonomy from government, independence guaranteed by statute or the constitution, pluralism, adequate resources, and adequate powers of investigation.