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Presidential Office Indigenous Historical Justice and Transitional Justice Committee

On Indigenous Peoples' Day—August 1, 2016—President Tsai Ing-wen apologized on behalf of the government to Taiwan's indigenous peoples and announced plans to establish the Presidential Office Indigenous Historical Justice and Transitional Justice Committee (hereafter referred to as Indigenous Justice Committee), to be chaired by the president herself. The committee will work hand-in-hand with representatives of the various indigenous peoples in pursuit of historical justice.

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Subcommittee

Subcommittee on land matters

Tasks

  1. Process and publicly release information on indigenous peoples and Pingpu ethnic groups regarding the content and scope of their land records, the significance of their land, the history of their relocations, and the course of their interactions with other peoples during different historical periods over the past 400 years.
  2. Process and publicly release information from different historical periods regarding land use regulations, how indigenous peoples and Pingpu ethnic groups lost their land, and the methods, social milieu, laws, and customs associated with land seizures.
  3. Process and publicly release information regarding the names, locations, significance, geographical extent, and traditional norms pertaining to indigenous peoples' mythical places of origin, places of ancestral origin, sacred places, hunting grounds, ceremonial sites, geographical extent of gathering activities, and other traditional spheres.
  4. Review concurrences or outdatedness between indigenous peoples' traditional spheres and current legislation, process indigenous land management policies over the world, and put forward improvement recommendations.
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Subcommittee on history

Tasks

  1. Conduct historical fact-finding investigations on major historical events, loss of cultural relics, historical justice, and transitional justice relating to indigenous peoples and Pingpu ethnic groups over different historical periods.
  2. Recommend policies on establishing the historical viewpoint relating to indigenous peoples and Pingpu ethnic groups.
  3. Recommend policies on establishing monuments or organizing events to commemorate major historical events relating to indigenous peoples.
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Subcommittee on reconciliation

Tasks

  1. Encourage communication and cooperation in society on major disputes concerning historical justice and transitional justice for indigenous peoples; facilitate substantive reconciliation among indigenous peoples and between indigenous peoples and the country.
  2. Organize campaigns aimed at promoting awareness of historical justice and transitional justice for indigenous peoples; introduce examples of achievements made in historical justice for indigenous peoples from abroad; facilitate participation of all sectors of society and advance society’s understanding of such issues.
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I know that even now, there are some around us who see no need to apologize. But that is the most important reason why I am representing the government to issue this apology today.

President Tsai Ing-wen
2016.08.01

To see what was unfair in the past as a matter of course, or to treat the pain of other ethnic peoples as an unavoidable part of human development, this is the first mindset that we, standing here today, resolve to change and overturn.

President Tsai Ing-wen
2016.08.01

The success of one ethnic people can be built on the suffering of another. Unless we deny that we are a country of justice, we must face up to this history. We must tell the truth. And then, most importantly, the government must genuinely reflect on this past. This is why I stand here today.

President Tsai Ing-wen
2016.08.01