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10Jun.
2025

Sidelights | Part 1 | Repairing the Scars in the Mirror: Rights of Crime Victims and Judicial Reform

Li Ming-yü / Department of Medical Sociology and Social Work, Chung Shan Medical University, JRF Intern

When we talk about judicial reform, the focus of discussion is often concentrated on the protection of defendants'…

10Jun.
2025

Sidelights | Part 1 | Healing the Scars in the Mirror: Crime Victims' Rights and Judicial Reform

JRF Intern

"What does an imagined ordinary life look like? I suppose it means going to work and coming home routinely, picking up…

04Jun.
2025

Remarks by Lee Ming-Ju on the 36th Anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Crackdown and the 10th Anniversary of the 709 Crackdown

Lee Ming-Chu, Deputy Executive Director of the Judicial Reform Foundation; Photo by Yang Kang

This year marks the 36th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in China. Although the Chinese authorities…

29May.
2025

Taiwan Constitutional Court Judgment 113-Hsien-Pan-8 (2024) 【The Constitutionality of the Death Penalty Case】

The Constitutional Court of R.O.C. (Taiwan)

Mandatory death penalty for homicide during extortionate kidnapping, without consideration of circumstances, is…

29May.
2025

The Gap Outside the System:Huang Chi-yu and the Unfinished Dialogue with #MeToo

Text / Hua Ching-ho; Photography / Hsieh Chia-chen, Li Chao-yen

In the real world, the exposure that is #MeToo is never an ending or a release, but a longer stretch of resistance and…

29May.
2025

From Speaking Out to Defendant: Lee Tzu-tung and the Institutional Clash Behind #MeToo

Text by Chao Min; Photography by Lee Chao-yen

Tzu-tung concluded by noting that she had doubts throughout the process because the victim was adamantly unwilling to…

29May.
2025

Does the Law Stand on the Side of the Egg? Domestic and International Observations and Reflections on Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs)

Text | Lin Cheng-ching Researcher, Chuang Tzu-hsuan Attorney, Clarence Chou Attorney, Lin Chun-yi Attorney; Editor | Lee Ming-ju Attorney; Photography | Hsieh Chia-chen, Miffy Jiang

"SLAPPs" refer to Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation. According to definitions in the literature by…

28May.
2025

Sidelights | What Era Is This, and Students Are Still Playing 'Aluba' (Happy Corner)?! Gender × Rule of Law × Education Interdisciplinary Interactive Lecture

Hung Yü-tíng, Wu Nien-chen / Pro Bono Volunteers, New York State Attorneys; Li Ming-ju / Deputy Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

Amid rising gender consciousness, many people feel perplexed—while we seem better able to recognize the forms of…

27May.
2025

Legal Opinion | Civil Society Draft Amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act

Judicial Reform Foundation

On May 29, 2025, in response to the draft amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act announced by the Executive…