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2017
2017 Judicial Reform Film Festival in Taichung
Continuing stories from the past, this year's films adapted from real-life cases feature five thematic movies. Through…
2017
Self-Directed Out-of-Prison Work: A Reform Teetering on the Brink of Extinction?
Why is social reintegration a human right, and why must it be one? Because it is a manifestation of the human…
2017
Judicial Reform @ Human Rights Wednesday: How to Obtain the "Directions for Not-Publicizing Criminal Investigations"?
In contemporary times, the media is frequently a convenient channel for transmitting information. While the pursuit of…
2017
Effectiveness Evaluation of the "Expanded Addiction Treatment Program" Must Be Conducted Immediately
Drug offenses and driving under the influence (DUI) have consistently ranked as the top two crime types in Taiwan over…
2017
Grand Justices' Declarations of Unconstitutionality: Are the Courts Always Protecting Bad People?
On December 1, 2017, the Judicial Yuan rather unusually issued two Judicial Interpretations on the same day, declaring…
2017
Pilot Both Jury Trial and Lay Assessor Systems to Let Citizens Truly Judge
The Judicial Yuan recently released the draft of the Act on Criminal Trials with Citizen Participation, adopting a "lay…
2017
A Letter Finally Sent After Six Years! A New Breakthrough in Prison Reform: Press Conference on Chiou Ho-shun's Right to Prison Correspondence (Constitutional Interpretation Nos. 755 and 756)
This case originated from a letter sent from inside the detention center by Chiou Ho-shun, a prisoner in a wrongful…
2017
The Supreme Administrative Court Reviews Its Own Recusal Motions
Believing that Supreme Administrative Court judges had participated in previous trials and might be biased, a citizen…
2017
Peaceful Speech Is Not a Crime! Release Li Ming-che Immediately! The Tsai Administration Must Issue a Strong Protest and Defend the Basic Rights of Our Citizens—Statement by the Taiwan-Support Rescuing Li Ming-che Team in Response to the Verdict in the Li Case
Taiwanese human rights worker Li Ming-che has been illegally detained by the Chinese government for 254 days since his…
