Taiwan's Executive Yuan to Announce Full Amendment of Child and Youth Welfare Act, Initiating Public Consultation
Taiwan's Executive Yuan announced that the Ministry of Health and Welfare will release a full amendment draft of the Child and Youth Welfare and Rights Protection Act in April. This act has not seen significant revisions in 15 years. The draft will align with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) framework and will have a 60-day public comment period, alongside social communication efforts. Child and youth welfare groups have urged for this amendment, highlighting issues such as child mental and physical health, abuse, traffic safety, inappropriate placement of disabled children, and the need to expand cause-of-death investigations.
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- 📰 Published: April 14, 2026 at 11:46
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On April 14, child and youth welfare organizations held a press conference in front of Taiwan's Executive Yuan, advocating for a prompt and comprehensive amendment to the Child and Youth Welfare and Rights Protection Act, which has remained largely unchanged for 15 years. The Executive Yuan confirmed that the Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to announce the full amendment in April, initiating a 60-day public consultation period. The proposed revisions will be structured according to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Advocacy groups, including the Taiwan Alliance for Youth Rights and Welfare and the Taiwan Children's Rights Alliance, identified critical areas for improvement: addressing child and youth mental and physical health, preventing abuse, enhancing traffic safety, resolving the issue of disabled children being placed in elderly care facilities, stemming the loss of frontline social work talent, and extending cause-of-death investigations for minors from the current 0-6 age range to 18 years old. They called for executive agencies to present an integrated amendment, legislative bodies to strengthen oversight, the inclusion of opinions from children, youth, and frontline practitioners, and the establishment of cross-ministerial collaboration mechanisms to ensure effective implementation of child and youth rights.