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10Sep.
2021

Op-Ed | The New Evaluation System Is Underperforming-How Much Longer Will the Judicial Yuan Keep Observing?

Lü Cheng-Yen, Attorney at Law / Legislative Researcher, Judicial Reform Foundation

Among 307 judge- and prosecutor-evaluation cases completed during the first year of the amended system, not a single…

07Sep.
2021

Seminar Report | Building an Evaluation System That Listens to the Public: Reviewing the New Judge and Prosecutor Evaluation System

Judicial Reform Foundation

One year after the amended Judges Act allowed members of the public to file evaluation petitions directly, the JRF's…

03Sep.
2021

Civil Society Continues to Call for a Separate National Human Rights Commission Powers Exercise Act

Co-signing Organizations

Covenants Watch and other civil society organizations argue that Taiwan's National Human Rights Commission should have…

02Sep.
2021

Interview with Attorney Wu Yushui: The "Stolen Right to Defense" of the Changsha Public Welfare Trio

Voice of America, Ch'en Yün

Known as the "Changsha Public Welfare Trio," Chinese NGO workers Ch'en Yüan, Wu Ke-chien-hsiung, and Liu Ta-chih were…

02Sep.
2021

Are All Judges and Prosecutors Fit, or Has the Evaluation System Failed? Press Conference Marking One Year Under the Amended Judges Act

Judicial Reform Foundation

One year after members of the public were allowed to petition directly for evaluation of judges and prosecutors, no…

31Aug.
2021

Public Hearings as the Rule for Judge and Prosecutor Disciplinary Cases-JRF Statement on the Judicial Yuan's Proposed Judges Act Amendment

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Judicial Yuan proposed amending the Judges Act so disciplinary proceedings involving judges and prosecutors before…

30Aug.
2021

Bring Ming-Che Home: Press Conference for the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

Li Ming-Che Rescue Team

After more than 1,623 days of Li Ming-Che's detention in China, his family still lacked regular communication, reliable…

28Aug.
2021

Forum | Systemic Judicial and Human Rights Problems in Dummy-Account Fraud Cases

Judicial Reform Foundation

Fraud rings often obtain dummy bank accounts, phone numbers, personal information, SIM cards, and cash couriers by…

27Aug.
2021

2021 Judicial Reform Summer Watchlist | When They See Us

Text by Li Yün-Hsüan (Student at Department of Law, National Taipei University; JRF Intern)

Like many wrongful-conviction cases in Taiwan, the exonerated Central Park Five case still deserves our attention.…