The implementation of human rights education in the school system in Taiwan could be dated back to 1998 when the Ministry of Education promulgated The General Guidelines of Grade 1-9 Curriculum of Elementary and Junior High School Education. Human rights education was initially included in the national curriculum guidelines as one of the six critical issues that must be integrated into every subject learning. For almost two decades, our national curriculum has been constantly reformed to meet the demands of democratization, indigenization and building a multicultural society in Taiwan. According to The General Guidelines of Grade 1-12 Curriculum of the Basic Education launched in 2014, human rights education was incorporated yet easily ignored among nineteen main issues. Apparently, the latest renewed guidelines failed to recognize that curriculum is in fact a battlefield of power struggling. This article is to reflect on the implementation of human rights education in schools along with the context of democratization in Taiwan for decades. First, it is essential to briefly discuss the democratic political and social movements in order to get the bigger picture of human rights education in Taiwan. Second, the development of human rights education is reviewed in terms of institutionization. Some challenges with emphasis on the argument of universality of human rights and the practice of social justice are explored. Finally, there have been innovations and experiential learning in schools focused on human dignity and empowerment of learners, which creates further possibilities in the next move to a comprehensive human rights education and the cultivation of human rights culture in Taiwan.