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《泰國台商人權影響調查報告》發表論壇
【報名】《泰國台商人權影響調查報告》發表論壇 時間：2026年3月22日（日），13:00-17:00 地點：東吳大學城中校區（台北市中正區貴陽街一段56號）菁英講堂（第五大樓5216室） 主辦：台灣跨國企業監察網絡、東吳大學人權學程、東吳大學張佛泉人權研究中心 全球化生產模式下，來自先進國家的企業為降低產品製造成本，赴後進國家採購或設廠。而在後進國家的勞動、環境管制通常較為寬鬆，且有些地方由威權政府統治、壓抑公民權利的情況下，當跨國企業在海外的工廠及供應商，以壓榨勞工、破壞環境的方式來「成本最小化」時，受害者往往很難於當地獲得救濟。針對此一狀況，國際上近年由聯合國帶頭提倡「企業與人權」政策，推動各國政府、企業採行，來保障全球供應鏈上的勞動人權與環境正義。 台灣，當然沒有外於上述趨勢。1991年，台灣在全球資本主義體系裡，從後進生產基地晉升資本輸出國，對外投資金額首度超出國外來台投資。相應，台灣企業在海外的人權侵害也不時發生，成為引起國際關注的問題。1993到2022年，中國（含香港）長期是台灣對外投資金額最高的地點。2023年起，由於國際政治局勢變動，東南亞各國合計超越中港，接收了最多來自台灣的投資。因應這樣的變化，台灣跨國企業監察網絡於2024年發表《印尼台商人權與環境影響報告》，揭露台灣企業在印尼生產的勞動違規與環境破壞，要求業者改進、政府規範。本次論壇，則將發表《泰國台商人權影響調查報告》，繼印尼之後持續、擴大監督台灣企業在東南亞的人權表現。 面對台商在海外的負面人權紀錄，台灣政府並非毫無反應。2020年，行政院公佈《臺灣企業與人權國家行動計畫》，表示將推動「跨國投資行政管理」與「域外司法管轄」，「以確保企業海外投資行為不違反國際人權規範」，並就「在國外進行工商業活動之我國企業或我國企業具控制權的跨國企業有侵害外國人權或環境之行為……提供被害人有效之救濟管道。」而在經過一年多的延宕後，原本按行政院承諾，應於2024年底公佈的新版計畫，據悉終於要在近期面世。另外，還將搭配提出《臺灣企業供應鏈尊重人權方案》，要求企業實施「人權盡職調查」，辨識供應鏈上的人權風險來預防侵害，並在侵害不幸發生時予以救濟。從這兩份指標性的政策文件切入，本次論壇也將由公民社會的觀點，檢視台灣政府的「企業與人權」政策並提出期許、建議。 以上資訊轉載自: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhome55eGFpRueAVMWUQLuaF4YTwthH8ubcjR-pFSPUNeCuA/viewform?fbclid=IwY2xjawQcYyJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFjUVFBS0tYT3AyVDc0UGp3c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHi3mIbw3CBnGLcI4L9ffzIvNMadG93A9SXh7Eobk68sfFQW81JdZP9_Qn0Yw_aem__9fFPqrETKHu2iLPcF-pnA
Forum on the Release of the “Human Rights Impact Investigation Report on Taiwanese Businesses in Thailand”
Forum on the Release of the “Human Rights Impact Investigation Report on Taiwanese Businesses in Thailand” Date & Time: March 22, 2026 (Sunday), 13:00–17:00Venue: Elite Lecture Hall (Room 5216, Building […]
Supply Chain and Forced Labor Workshop: Policy Developments to Eliminate Forced Labor: A Legal Dialogue among Taiwan, the United States, and Thailand
Supply Chain and Forced Labor Workshop: Policy Developments to Eliminate Forced Labor: A Legal Dialogue among Taiwan, the United States, and Thailand 📆 Date: December, 10, 2025 ⏰ Time: 13:10–16:00 (Taipei […]
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Mei-Lin Pan & Dolma Tsering | The Lived Experience of Tibetan Refugees in Taiwan: Contesting Rights to Work, Residence, and Citizenship
The study highlights how the political situation in Taiwan played a central role in determining the rights and status of Tibetan refugees in Taiwan. During Taiwan’s authoritarian phase, Tibetan refugees gained citizenship by serving the state’s purpose of advancing Chinese nationalist ideology, while in the democratic phase they were considered stateless and unable to obtain a residence visa due to national security concerns.
Bonny Ling & Mariko Hayashi | Refugee Protection in Japan and Taiwan: Common Challenges and Ways Forward for Human Security
This chapter explores the current situation of refugee protection in both Japan and Taiwan. For both, refugee assistance serves a diplomatic purpose by promoting the country’s contribution to external refugee issues, rather than implementing the norms and spirit of the Refugee Convention domestically. This chapter examines the gaps between international standards in the protection of asylum seekers and refugees, and Japan’s implementation of those standards. It also looks at how these challenges are manifested for Taiwan, which lacks an asylum law.
Understanding the International Labour Organization Indicators of Forced Labour: Practical Guide for Taiwan’s SMEs
This is an SME-friendly policy guide in Chinese (traditional) on the International Labour Organization Indicators of Forced Labour. It covers all the indicators and aims to improve SME awareness on international standards concerning these indicators in Taiwan. The guide is a source of authoritative reference materials of continuous learning on forced labour risks in the Taiwanese supply chain. While the guidebook specifically addresses the SMEs, the materials on international standards and Taiwan-specific analyses are relevant for all stakeholders.
Joyce C.H. Liu | Cyber Slavery, Port Cities and Systemic Cruelty
This article presents a theoretical analysis of the logistics of neoliberal slavery in the 21st century, focusing on the role of the port cities as the hinge in the supply chain through the case of the cyber scam industry of the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone. The hinge, in a metonymic and metaphorical way, connects a complex mobile networking system with a multi-dimensional and topological dynamism. The overlaid networks consist of a tripartite operation—the production, the market, and the law—and explains the persistence of human interest in profiting from surplus values through human labor extraction, and the violence and cruelty inherent in this. The logic of circulation no longer follows Marx’s analysis of M-C-M or M-M+, but the formula of V-M+. Through void with no cost, and violence with no law, there is no limit to the multiplication of capital.
Jonathan S. Parhusip | The Making of Freedom and Common Forms of Struggle of Runaways in Taiwan
Local labor laws in Taiwan push migrant workers to run away from contracted employment arrangements and become undocumented. This article examines the common forms of struggle pursued by runaway Indonesian migrant workers with a focus on the informal organizational structures that support their daily survival. To open space for maneuver within nation-state borders, runaway migrant workers utilize their agency and negotiate state and nonstate structures such as recruitment companies, NGOs and civil society organizations, migrant communities, illegal agency services, and taxi drivers.
Joyce C. H. Liu & Brett Neilson | Introduction: Migration Struggles, Colonial Legacies, and Pandemic Shifts
We title this Against the Day section “Migrant Struggles in East and Southeast Asia” with appreciation of this predicament. Our intention is not to enclose experiences of migrant life and struggle within a strict regional frame. Rather, in bringing together contributions that engage with migrant struggles across locations in contemporary Asia, we seek to mark a dissonance and resonance with migrant projects in other parts of the world.
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