Taiwan's Political-Legal Progress: Memories of the KMT Dictatorship
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Description
This brief memoir illustrates Taiwan’s modern human rights history in broad strokes through my own experiences. It begins with a first visit in 1961, when the island was suffering under the harsh Chiang Kai-shek dictatorship. It ends with my participation in the unique recent reviews of Taiwan’s immense human rights progress by leading international specialists. Along the way, I was privileged to witness and take part in a few depressing but exciting and ultimately hopeful events that marked the long transition from KMT repression to constitutional democracy.
Source Publication
Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation
Source Editors/Authors
Jerome A. Cohen, William P. Alford, Chang-fa Lo
Publication Date
2019
Recommended Citation
Cohen, Jerome A., "Taiwan's Political-Legal Progress: Memories of the KMT Dictatorship" (2019). Faculty Chapters. 1145.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/1145
