Commentary

2023
Evaluation and Commentary on the 2021 Q4 External Visitation Reports
Following the publication of the 2021 Q4 external visitation reports, interns and volunteers reviewed the reports…

2023
Review of External Inspection Reports for the First to Third Quarters of 2022
According to Article 17 of the Implementation Measures for External Inspection Panels of Prisons and Detention Centers,…

2023
Sidelights | Are Erotic Photos Beyond Protection? — A Brief Discussion on Legal Issues Related to Sexual and Private Images
Images and videos have become common items shared in daily life. When these involve desire, pornography, and nudity,…

2023
General Review of the First Term Prison External Visitation Reports (Q4 2020 to Q3 2022)
The JRF has reviewed and provided commentary on all quarterly visitation reports submitted by the first-term prison…

2023
Amicus Curiae Brief to the Constitutional Court | Case on the Search of Law Offices
Article 122, Paragraph 2, Article 133, and Article 135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as well as Article 5 of the…

2023
Speaking Up for Human Rights: Helping Endangered Lawyers in Afghanistan Find Rebirth
Many nations experience significant processes of transitional justice, such as Germany educating about the Holocaust…

2023
Reference Materials | What Lawyers Should Know as the Citizen Judges Act Takes Effect
In addition to the parent act, there are as many as 14 subsidiary acts or administrative regulations authorized by the…

2023
Op-Ed | Rising Panic Over the Failure to Curb Fraud: Stop Trying to Cure Baldness with Lion's Mane
Hoping that heavy sentences can deter this type of crime is nothing more than climbing a tree to catch fish. Let…

2023
NGO-Proposed Amendments Position Paper | What to Do When Threatened with the Distribution of Intimate Images
On March 10, 2022, the Executive Yuan passed draft amendments to the Criminal Code, the Act for Prevention of Sexual…
