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14Apr.
2014

The Police Must Not Become Super Grand Justices

Wu Ching-ch'in / Associate Professor and Department Chair, Department of Law, Aletheia University; Working Committee Member, Judicial Reform Foundation

Following the temporary lull in the Sunflower Student Movement and the forced eviction of the referendum alliance…

12Apr.
2014

Pro Bono Lawyer Team's 24-Hour Hotline Closes; Cases Now Accepted During Regular Office Hours

Judicial Reform Foundation

As the occupation of the Legislative Yuan in protest against the black-box Service Trade Agreement ended on April 10,…

11Apr.
2014

Police, Hand Over the Evidence "According to the Law"! ~ Press Conference Welcoming the Administrative Court's Ruling to Preserve Evidence and Warning Police Not to Destroy Evidence

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Administrative Litigation Division of the Taipei District Court ruled today (April 11) to grant the application for…

10Apr.
2014

Politics/Economics, the Sunflower Student Movement, and the Judiciary

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Taiwan Association for Human Rights / Judicial Reform Foundation

If we accept the highly persuasive arguments put forward by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson in their 2012 book Why…

09Apr.
2014

Legal Opinions on the Interaction Between Medical Personnel and Police

Attorneys Yang Shu-ling, Lu Shih-wei

Medical personnel present at the scene raised three questions: First, since medical personnel were also attacked by…

08Apr.
2014

The Maxim of Due Process: The More Urgent, the More It Must Be Respected

Hsu Yü-hsiu / Former Grand Justice of the Judicial Yuan

The maxim of due process of law: The more urgent and critical the situation, the more one must abide by due process,…

03Apr.
2014

Please Stand with the People, Judges! ~ Press Conference on "State Violence: Judges, Please Preserve the Evidence First"

Judicial Reform Foundation

In the early hours of March 24, citizens and students inside and outside the Executive Yuan were violently cleared by…

27Mar.
2014

Brutalizing the People and Whitewashing Its Wrongs! State Violence Cannot Be Covered Up: "I Accuse…" Press Conference

Judicial Reform Foundation

On the evening of March 23, citizens and students inside and outside the Executive Yuan were violently cleared by the…

26Mar.
2014

Legal Opinion on Whether International Students Participating in Student Movements Risk Deportation

Lu Shih-wei, Attorney-at-Law / Taiwan Wild Bird Society (Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association), Volunteer Attorney Team against the Cross-Strait Trade in Services Agreement

The current government interprets these regulations through an ideology extremely fearful of social movements. Under…