2017 National Consultative Conference on Judicial Reform: (3) A Judiciary with Matching Authority and Responsibility and High Efficiency
Last edited: 2026-08-26
2017 Judicial Reform Conference ・ Working Group 3
A Judiciary with Matching Authority and Responsibility and High Efficiency
Working Group 3 of the 2017 Presidential Office National Conference on Judicial Reform held a total of 7 meetings, focusing on four core issues: the transparency and effectiveness of the prosecution system, the appointment and supervision of judges and prosecutors, professional ethics for attorneys, and the professional division of labor among prosecutors, police, and investigative personnel. This page consolidates all meeting materials for easy reference.
7
Working Group Meetings
4
Core Issues
2017
Held in
20
Participating Members
AGENDA
Four Discussion Topics
Working Group 3 covers the following four issue directions, discussed in depth across successive meetings:
3-1｜Enhancing the Transparency and Effectiveness of the Prosecution System
Encompassing core reforms such as the legal status of prosecutors, organizational reform of the prosecution system, the indictment-only principle (non-transfer of case files and evidence), digitalization of case files and evidence, as well as balancing the budgets of courts and prosecutors' offices and refined investigation.
3-2｜Reviewing the Appointment, Supervision, and Retirement Benefits of Judges and Prosecutors
Examining diverse recruitment and supervision mechanisms for judges and prosecutors, reform of the functions of the evaluation committees (or establishment of a legal professionals evaluation foundation), gender equality in the personnel system, and strengthening oversight mechanisms for indictments.
3-3｜Professionalization and Professional Ethics of Attorneys
Covering reform of attorney disciplinary and evaluation systems, attorney professional liability insurance, public interest requirements and strengthening of professional ethics, evaluation of the senior counsel system, government attorney system, and a review of the operation of the legal aid system.
3-4｜Reviewing the Professional Division of Labor Among Prosecutors, Police, and Investigative Personnel
Evaluating the addition of specialized investigators, reform of environmental case investigation and litigation procedures, police minor offense disposition power and supervisory mechanisms, police professionalization, and a review of the effectiveness of various intelligence and investigative agencies.
MEETING RECORDS
Meeting Records
The recordings, complete meeting materials, and brief notes for all 7 meetings of Working Group 3 are available for direct viewing below.
2017-02-22 1st Meeting
Discussion Topic: Proposal sequencing and determination of items
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2017-03-08 2nd Meeting
Discussion Topic: Review of investigation and litigation procedures for environmental cases
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2017-03-22 3rd Meeting
Discussion Topic: Diverse recruitment of judges and prosecutors
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2017-04-12 4th Meeting
Discussion Topic: Review of the functions of the judge and prosecutor evaluation committees
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2017-04-26 5th Meeting
Discussion Topic: Legal status of prosecutors, organizational review of the prosecution system
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2017-05-10 6th Meeting
Discussion Topic: Confirmation of judge and prosecutor evaluation conclusions, attorney disciplinary and evaluation system
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2017-05-24 1st Extraordinary Meeting
Discussion Topic: Prosecutor indictment oversight mechanism (3-2-4), attorney discipline and evaluation (3-3-1), attorney professional liability insurance (3-3-2), attorney professional ethics (3-3-3), government attorney system (3-3-5)
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AGENDA ITEMS
Working Group Issues and Sub-topics Overview
The specific sub-topics under the four core issues are as follows:
| No. Issue Sub-topic Description | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3-1 | Enhancing the Transparency and Effectiveness of the Prosecution System |
- The legal status of prosecutors
- Organizational review of the prosecution system
- Adopting the indictment-only principle (non-transfer of case files and evidence) and strengthening the ability of court review panels to screen evidence
- Digitalization of case files and evidence starting from the investigative stage
- Balancing court and prosecution budgets, ensuring adequate funding for investigation and appraisal fees to meet the requirements of refined investigations
| 3-2 | Reviewing the Appointment, Supervision, and Retirement Benefits of Judges and Prosecutors |
- Diverse recruitment, supervision, and retirement benefits for judges and prosecutors
- Reviewing the functions of the judge and prosecutor evaluation committees or assessing the feasibility of establishing a legal professionals evaluation foundation
- Diverse representation and gender equality in the personnel systems for judges and prosecutors
- Reviewing supervisory mechanisms for prosecutor indictments, suspensions of prosecution, and non-prosecution decisions (strengthening indictment review, applications for court committal for trial, and assessing inspection mechanisms for illegal or abusive non-prosecution decisions)
- Review of Article 13 of the State Compensation Law
| 3-3 | Professionalization and Professional Ethics of Attorneys |
- Reviewing the attorney disciplinary or evaluation system and competent authorities
- Assessing the establishment of an attorney professional liability insurance system
- Attorney public interest requirements and strengthening of professional ethics
- Evaluating the adoption of a senior counsel system for third-instance appeals
- Evaluating the adoption of a government attorney system
- Reviewing the operation of the legal aid system and the Legal Aid Foundation
| 3-4 | Reviewing the Professional Division of Labor Among Prosecutors, Police, and Investigative Personnel |
- Evaluating the addition of a specialized investigator system to assist prosecutors in handling specialized cases
- Review of environmental case investigation and litigation procedures
- Evaluating the establishment of police minor offense disposition power (dual investigative authorities) and supervisory mechanisms
- Police professionalization
- Reviewing the effectiveness of intelligence gathering and criminal investigation-related units (Agency Against Corruption, Investigation Bureau, Coast Guard Administration, National Immigration Agency)
- Reviewing the division of labor between prosecutors for investigation and public prosecution (integrated investigation and prosecution system, participation of public prosecution prosecutors in major high-profile cases, etc.)
PARTICIPANTS
List of Participating Members
Convener
- Chiu Hei-yuan Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica
Preparatory Members
- Chiu Tai-san Minister of Justice
- Yang Yun-hua Professor, Department of Law, National Chengchi University
Working Group Members
- Chang Chuan-fen Writer
- Po-Fang Tsai Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Medical Humanities, Taipei Medical University
- Ching-Ping Tang Professor, Department of Political Science, National Chengchi University
- Yung-Nane Yang Professor, Department of Political Science and Graduate Institute of Political Economy, National Cheng Kung University
- Sun Yi-hsin Secretary-General, Taiwan Social Welfare Alliance
- Feng Hsien-hsien Executive Director, New Taiwan Peace Foundation
- Heng-Wei Liu Neurosurgical Physician, Shuang Ho Hospital
- Ming-Ling Hsueh Chairperson, Association of Financial and Tax Literacy Education, R.O.C.
- Liao Ying-zang Standing Director, Crime Victim Protection Association, R.O.C.
- Lai Kung-li Judge, Taiwan Taichung District Court
- Lin Meng-huang Judge, Taiwan High Court
- Lin Ta Prosecutor, Taiwan Taipei District Prosecutors Office
- Chen Jui-jen Counselor, Ministry of Justice
- Yu Po-hsiang Standing Director, Taipei Bar Association
- Chen Chung-yen Attorney, Formosa & Allied Attorneys-at-Law
- Chia-Wen Lee Professor, Department of Law, National Cheng Kung University
- Lin Yu-hsiung Professor, College of Law, National Taiwan University
RELATED LINKS
Further Reading and Related Pages
- Speech Word Count Statistics for Working Group 3 of the Judicial Reform Conference
- Improving the Judicial Evaluation Mechanism: From a Sick Cat to a Tiger
- Myth Buster: Is the Individual Evaluation System for Judges and Prosecutors Different From What You Think?
- Lin Meng-huang: My Ten Demands for Prosecutorial System Reform
- Reforming the Taiwan Bar Association: The First Step to Strengthening Attorney Ethics
- The Judicial Attribute of Prosecutors: A Scam of Buying and Selling on Credit?
- Working Group 1: Protecting Crime Victims and Vulnerable Groups
- Working Group 2: A Judiciary Trusted by the Public, Impartial and Professional
- Working Group 4: A Participatory, Transparent, and Accessible Judiciary
- Working Group 5: A Judiciary Safeguarding Social Security
- 2017 Judicial Reform Resolutions: Supervision and Implementation
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Last Edited: 2026-04-27
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