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27Aug.
2021

2021 Judicial Reform Summer Watchlist | South Korea: Law School

By Attorney Chiu Ching-Hui

Attorney Chiu Ching-Hui reflects on the Korean drama Law School through themes central to judicial reform: confirmation…

27Aug.
2021

2021 Judicial Reform Summer Watchlist | Belgium: The Twelve

Text by Chi Kuang-Lung, Chang Chun-Fang, Chen Jui-Ting, Kuo An-Chi, Wu Yü-Chen

The Twelve follows a Belgian murder trial while showing how jurors' family histories, work, relationships, prejudices,…

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.…

27Aug.
2021

2021 Judicial Reform Summer Watchlist | United States: The Trial of the Chicago 7

By Pan Kuan (Columnist, Victim of the March 24 Violent Dispersal Incident)

The Trial of the Chicago 7 recounts the politically charged prosecution arising from the 1968 anti-war demonstrations…

27Aug.
2021

2021 Judicial Reform Summer Film List | Iceland: Out of Thin Air

Text by Li Ting-An, Wang I-Chün (Soochow University Department of Law, JRF Interns)

"Out of Thin Air" is an Icelandic documentary about a miscarriage of justice, chronicling a well-known…

11Aug.
2021

Handbook on the Rights of Inmates and Defendants

Lin Wei-Ting / Researcher, Judicial Reform Foundation

After the amended Prison Act and Detention Act took effect on July 15, 2020, the JRF began preparing a handbook…

10Aug.
2021

Does President Tsai Still Care About Unimplemented Judicial Reform Resolutions? Press Conference Marking Four Years Since the National Conference on Judicial Reform

Alliance for Civil Supervision of the Implementation of the Resolutions of the National Romic Conference on Judicial Reform

Four years after the National Conference on Judicial Reform, some resolutions had produced legislation or new measures,…

03Aug.
2021

Rights Handbook for Inmates and Defendants | Mail Inspection and Perusal

Lin Wei-Ting / Researcher, Judicial Reform Foundation

Article 66 of the former Prison Act allowed prison officials to inspect and read all incoming and outgoing inmate…

31Jul.
2021

2021.01.01-06.30 Work and Financial Report | May the Long Night Fade, We Rise at Dawn

Judicial Reform Foundation

In the first half of 2021, JRF continued to advance several major projects. After the pandemic worsened in mid-May,…