【新聞稿】民有、民治、民享的亞洲人權法院——成立「模擬亞洲人權法院」

文/模擬亞洲人權法院組成團體

由亞洲公民社群籌組的模擬亞洲人權法院，將於2019年7月，在台灣台北召開言詞辯論庭。

為了成立一個屬於亞洲公民社會的法院，東吳大學張佛泉人權研究中心與台灣數十個非政府組織和亞洲多位人權專家，歷經六個多月的聯繫與討論，於2018年10月6、7兩日，模擬亞洲人權法院籌備委員會在台北召開第一次會議。

籌備委員會於會後成立了一個模擬亞洲人權法院，預定法官名額為21位，以涵蓋各項人權議題。模亞籌備委員會並任命台灣張文貞教授、馬來西亞Dato’ Mah Weng Kwai法官及新加坡 Kevin Yew Lee Tan教授三位國際人權法專家於一個月內向籌備委員會提交法官名單，並從名單中挑選七位法官，負責審理模擬亞洲人權法院的第一個案例。

模亞籌備委員會於會中討論台灣公民團體提出的數個案例，優先考慮審理涉及原住民族權利與台灣政府核發採礦執照的案例，言詞辯論庭預計於2019年7月召開。

The first Asian Human Rights Court Simulation hearing organized by Asian civil society will be held in Taipei, Taiwan in July 2019.

The Chang Fo-Chuan Center for the Study of Human Rights at Soochow University has worked for over 6 months to contact, dialogue and discuss with Taiwan’s NGOs and several Asian human rights experts to establish a civil-society-based human rights court for Asia. The Center hosted the Working Group Meeting of the Asian Human Rights Court Simulation in Taipei from October 6 to 7, 2018.

After the meeting, the Working Group established the Asian Human Rights Court Simulation, which will comprise up to 21 judges. The Working Group has appointed a panel of 3 experts from Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore to: (1) nominate judges of the Court for confirmation by the Working Group within a month; and (2) select 7 judges to preside in the first case of the Asian Human Rights Court Simulation.

The first case being considered by the Court concerns rights of the indigenous peoples in relation to the grant of a mining license by the Taiwan government. The hearing will be held in Taipei, Taiwan in July 2019.

模擬亞洲人權法院工作小組名單