Commentary

2023
Reflection on Participation|From 2020 to 2022, My Starting Point in Social Movements: The "Ocean Light" Exhibition at University of Taipei
On November 5, 2020, the first day of the "Ocean Light" exhibition, listening to Lo-i discuss Taiwan's wrongful…

2023
Civilian Version of the Amendment to the Money Laundering Control Act (Adding the "Crime of Unjustified Delivery of Accounts", Including Comparison with the Executive Yuan Version)
Paragraph 1 of the draft amendment explicitly excludes circumstances in the current judicial practice that are most…

2023
NGO Version of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Expert Evidence Chapter) Amendment (Including Comparison with Judicial Yuan and Executive Yuan Versions)
Polygraph results reflect subjective opinions presented after questioning the examinee through certain methods…

2023
Sidelights|Balancing Freedom of Speech with Personal Privacy and Reputation: Observations and Reflections on the Constitutional Court Oral Argument in the Defamation Case
This oral argument not only highlights that, twenty years after the delivery of J.Y. Interpretation No. 509, many…

2023
Sidelights | Can the Grand Justices Wash Away Her Wrongful Conviction? Sidelights from Observing the Constitutional Court Oral Argument in the Defamation Case
The conflict between the crime of defamation under the Criminal Code and freedom of speech has long been an unresolved…

2023
The Promise Under the Banyan Tree—A Profile of Lin Yü-wen's Home Visit
When asked about her current work situation, Lin Yü-wen jokingly described herself as a "blue-collar worker" (literally…

2023
Sidelights | Screening and Post-screening Discussion of the Film 'Civil Disobedience'
Director Ch'en Yü-ch'ing spent five years filming and documenting the series of 'Red Martial Law' storms that erupted…

2023
Job Opening | JRF Taipei Office: Digital Planning Specialist (Closed)
For 28 years since its establishment, the Judicial Reform Foundation has insisted on financial independence. All…

2023
Joint Open Letter | Open Letter to President Yoon Suk-yeol of the Republic of Korea on the Issue of Abolishing the Death Penalty
We wish to remind the Republic of Korea that the use of the death penalty is inconsistent with its international legal…
