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11Jun.
2020

Germany's Act on Identity Cards and Electronic Identification

Translated by Chung Hung-pin, Proofread by Shao Yun-chung

Germany enacted the completely new Act on Identity Cards and Electronic Identification in 2009, consisting of 35…

10Jun.
2020

Alliance Press Conference: Lay Judges Act Should Not Be Haughtily Legislated Before a Bipartisan Consensus is Reached

Alliance for the Simultaneous Trial and Implementation of Lay Participation Systems

On May 8, the Alliance for the Simultaneous Trial and Implementation of Lay Participation Systems petitioned at the…

10Jun.
2020

The Distance Between Superiors and Brutal Police: Observations on the Oral Argument Hearing of the March 24 Private Prosecution Case

Ch'iu Ch'ing-hui / Intern Attorney

In March 2014, crowds in black clothes inside MRT cars, banners of various colors, and shoulder-to-shoulder Ch'ing-tao…

10Jun.
2020

President Tsai, Can Judicial Reform Spread Its Wings Like an Eagle?

Lin Yung-sung / Chairperson of the Judicial Reform Foundation, Attorney-at-Law

Whether a nation can be great depends on whether those with decision-making power have a forward-looking vision, are…

10Jun.
2020

Trial by Jury and Lay Participation Do Not Need a Showdown and Can Coexist Peacefully

Hsu Yu-hsiu / Former Grand Justice, Initiator of the Constitutional Court and the Simulated Asian Court of Human Rights

Since late April, the debate over whether to only trial lay participation or to simultaneously trial both jury and lay…

01Jun.
2020

Public Hearing on the Disciplinary Case against Prosecutor Chen Lung-hsiang in the Disciplinary Court of the Judicial Yuan – Court Observation of the Disciplinary Case against Prosecutor Chen Lung-hsiang (Part III)

Judicial Reform Foundation

The disciplinary case against Prosecutor Chen Lung-hsiang, which sparked a dispute between the Control Yuan's oversight…

27May.
2020

How to Help Yourself When Cases Are Delayed? The Judges Act Self-Help Manual: Case Delays

JRF Complaint Center

First, let readers imagine the following scenario: What if an indictment is submitted to the prosecutors' office and…

27May.
2020

"Hong Kong National Security Law" Ends Hong Kong's Autonomy! Civil Society Organizations Jointly Condemn Authoritarian China and Call for the Implementation of an Asylum Mechanism for Hongkongers

Joint Press Conference of Taiwanese Civil Society Organizations

As the one-year anniversary of the anti-extradition bill movement approaches, the situation in China and Hong Kong has…

25May.
2020

The Judicial Yuan's Straw Man

Yu Po-hsiang / Standing Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

One of the Judicial Yuan's primary reasons for rejecting the jury system is that it would be severely unconstitutional…