Taiwan dispatch: national human rights review raises concerns over Constitutional Court deadlock

Taiwan dispatch: national human rights review raises concerns over Constitutional Court deadlock

Taiwan’s three-day Review Meeting on its National Reports on the Two International Human Rights Covenants concluded, followed by a press conference on May 15. The review committee expressed concern over the operation of the Constitutional Court, which currently functions with only eight incumbent justices, out of the statutory total of 15. The Constitutional Court had a year-long cease of function from December 2024 to December 2025, when Consti…