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2021
Frontline Police Refuse to Be "All-Purpose Tools"! Press Conference Calling for Professional Boundaries in Police Work
Civil society organizations and frontline police representatives argue that police have been burdened with an expanding…
2021
Seminar Transcript | Unidentifiable: Us Seven Years Later-How Hard Is It to Hold State Violence Accountable?
Seven years after the March 24 violent dispersal at the Executive Yuan, lawyers and a participant reflect on litigation…
2021
Statement | First Remand Judgment in the March 23 Executive Yuan Occupation Defense Case: Incitement Charges Dismissed, Property-Destruction Convictions Upheld
The Taiwan High Court dismissed the prosecution on the incitement charges in the first remand proceedings but upheld…
2021
Public Oversight, Judicial Debug | Launch of the JRF's 2021 Fundraising Campaign
For its 2021 fundraising season, the JRF replaced its traditional large fundraising dinner with 13 online project…
2021
Press Release | Do Not Rush Through Constitutionally Problematic Drafts: Reject a Stigmatizing Social Safety Net-Civil Society Statement on Custodial-Disposition Reform
Civil society organizations urge the legislature not to rush amendments that would expand custodial dispositions and…
2021
Press Advisory | Do Not Rush Through Constitutionally Problematic Drafts: Reject a Stigmatizing Social Safety Net-Press Conference on Custodial-Disposition Reform
Draft amendments concerning custodial dispositions for persons with mental disorders would remove the existing…
2021
2021.01.01-08.31 Work and Financial Report | After the Pandemic: Integrating Online and In-Person Operations
From January through August 2021, the JRF continued legislative research, case assistance, public advocacy, education,…
2021
Handbook on the Rights of Inmates and Defendants | Guard Instruments, Protective Restraint, and Protective Cells
The use of guard instruments, protective restraint, and placement in a protective cell involves high-intensity…
2021
2021 Judicial Reform Thesis and Dissertation Grant Program | First-Stage Selection Results
The JRF announced the applicants selected in the first-stage review of its 2021 thesis and dissertation grant program,…
