Commentary

1235 articles
17Mar.
2023

Evaluation and Commentary on the 2021 Q4 External Visitation Reports

Judicial Reform Foundation

Following the publication of the 2021 Q4 external visitation reports, interns and volunteers reviewed the reports…

17Mar.
2023

Review of External Inspection Reports for the First to Third Quarters of 2022

Judicial Reform Foundation

According to Article 17 of the Implementation Measures for External Inspection Panels of Prisons and Detention Centers,…

17Mar.
2023

Sidelights | Are Erotic Photos Beyond Protection? — A Brief Discussion on Legal Issues Related to Sexual and Private Images

Ch'iung Wan-ling / Department of Social Work, Tunghai University & JRF Intern

Images and videos have become common items shared in daily life. When these involve desire, pornography, and nudity,…

17Mar.
2023

General Review of the First Term Prison External Visitation Reports (Q4 2020 to Q3 2022)

Judicial Reform Foundation

The JRF has reviewed and provided commentary on all quarterly visitation reports submitted by the first-term prison…

09Mar.
2023

Amicus Curiae Brief to the Constitutional Court | Case on the Search of Law Offices

Judicial Reform Foundation

Article 122, Paragraph 2, Article 133, and Article 135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as well as Article 5 of the…

02Mar.
2023

Speaking Up for Human Rights: Helping Endangered Lawyers in Afghanistan Find Rebirth

Ch'en Kuang-wei / War Correspondent and Section Chief of the Program Center, SET News Department

Many nations experience significant processes of transitional justice, such as Germany educating about the Holocaust…

09Feb.
2023

Reference Materials | What Lawyers Should Know as the Citizen Judges Act Takes Effect

Judicial Reform Foundation

In addition to the parent act, there are as many as 14 subsidiary acts or administrative regulations authorized by the…

03Feb.
2023

Op-Ed | Rising Panic Over the Failure to Curb Fraud: Stop Trying to Cure Baldness with Lion's Mane

Wang Yen / Attorney, Executive Committee Member of the Judicial Reform Foundation

Hoping that heavy sentences can deter this type of crime is nothing more than climbing a tree to catch fish. Let…

17Jan.
2023

NGO-Proposed Amendments Position Paper | What to Do When Threatened with the Distribution of Intimate Images

Joint Organizations

On March 10, 2022, the Executive Yuan passed draft amendments to the Criminal Code, the Act for Prevention of Sexual…