Commentary

Lin Meng-huang / Director, Taiwan Citizen Association for Legal Education

At the end of his book A Century of Pursuit: Stories of Taiwan's Democratic Movement, Mr. Wu Nai-teh emphasizes the…

Lawyer Ch'ingshih, Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Group

The Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Group primarily focuses on human rights and rule of law incidents (cases) in China,…

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

On February 21, the opening day of the Legislative Yuan, President Ma made a grand show of gathering various…

Lin Yü-shun / Professor, Department of Criminal Investigation, Central Police University; Initiator, Taiwan-Japan Criminal Law Research Association

Recently, during a meeting with judicial reform groups, President Ma stated that the "quasi-adjudication system" is the…

Huang Kuo-ch'ang / Executive Committee Member, Judicial Reform Foundation

Three days before the 2012 presidential election, the Judicial Yuan officially announced the Draft Trial Regulations…

Ch'en I-ch'ien (Chairperson, Awakening Foundation) & Kao Jung-chih (Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation)

According to media reports, female military officer Yeh Wen stated during her detention hearing that she fled because…

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Taiwan Association for Human Rights (JRF)

Should Ch'ang Te-cheng be detained for ramming his truck into the Presidential Office? The legal requirements have been…

Hou T'ing-ch'ang (Judge, Taiwan High Court Tainan Branch Court)

During the rare Lunar New Year holiday, the prosecutors filed five consecutive appeals against the decision not to…

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Taiwan Association for Human Rights / Attorney-at-law

The new Prosecutor-General is about to be nominated and will take office in April, while Control Yuan members are also…