Commentary

1235 articles
15May.
2014

Crime Scene Reconstruction is Mother Ts'ai's Right

Hsiao I-min / Executive Secretary, Judicial Reform Foundation

This Mother's Day, a mother launched an indefinite hunger strike in front of the Ministry of National Defense. She is…

12May.
2014

The Plant Closure Workers' Feedback to the Judiciary

Huang I-che (Judge, Taiwan Taoyuan District Court)

In 1996, companies such as Lien Fu and Tung Ling successively closed down and went out of business. Because they failed…

07May.
2014

Look, Just Look at the Face of Justice

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

Grassroots prosecutors are either at their wits' end or playing it safe, waiting for the moves and intentions of their…

06May.
2014

Procedural Justice in Capital Punishment Enforcement

Kao Yung-ch'eng (Executive Committee Member, Taiwan Association for Human Rights / Secretary-General, Taiwan Forever Association for Human Rights)

Following the September Political Strife and the March Sunflower Student Movement last year, procedural justice has…

05May.
2014

State Atrocity in Dispersing Assemblies—In the Name of the Law?

Lin Yü-hsiung / Professor, College of Law, National Taiwan University

From March 24, April 11, to April 28, people kept asking me: Professor, can the German police disperse crowds like…

05May.
2014

The Government Addicted to Violence Is What Truly Deserves Preventive Detention

Ch'ien Chien-jung / Judge, Taoyuan District Court

On April 30, the Minister of the Interior held a high-profile press conference claiming that at least ten individuals…

30Apr.
2014

Civil Disobedience Incident - Notes on Accompanying a Client for Police Interrogation as an Attorney

Lai Ying-chen / Attorney, Pro Bono Lawyers Team against Black-Box CSSTA

It has been a long time since I was this angry. The incident happened yesterday around 1 PM. I received a call from the…

30Apr.
2014

Mei Ho City: Nothing to See Here?

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

On April 24, the Taipei District Prosecutors Office concluded its investigation into the MRT Hsintien Depot development…

30Apr.
2014

Do Not Let the Ghost of the Police State Be Resurrected

Lin Chen-hsien / Judge, Tainan District Court

Taipei City Mayor Hao Lung-bin ordered the police to disperse protesters occupying Chung Hsiao West Road under the…