Commentary

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17Nov.
2021

Compulsory Labor: A Rehabilitative Measure Difficult to Distinguish from the Execution of Imprisonment

Lin Wei-Ting / Project Researcher, Judicial Reform Foundation

Following the Constitutional Court's October 2021 oral argument on Taiwan's compulsory-labor regime, this article asks…

10Nov.
2021

Op-Ed | Limiting the Stalking and Harassment Prevention Act to "Sex or Gender" Will Only Increase Police Work

Lü Cheng-Yen / Attorney, Legal Researcher at the Judicial Reform Foundation

The article argues that limiting stalking and harassment to conduct "related to sex or gender" will not meaningfully…

10Nov.
2021

Ms. Y Case | Amicus Curiae Brief in Disciplinary Court Case No. 110-Cheng-Shang-3

Judicial Reform Foundation

The amici argue that the Disciplinary Court should accept civil-society submissions in a major gender-rights case by…

05Nov.
2021

Op-Ed | Chiou Ho-shun's Pro Bono Legal Team: Torture Created an Irresolvable Wrongful Conviction-The President Should Grant a Pardon

Chiou Ho-shun's Pro Bono Legal Team

Chiou Ho-shun's pro bono legal team argues that the case combines exceptionally clear evidence of police torture with…

04Nov.
2021

Seminar Transcript | Tech-Law Salon: What Lawyers Should Understand About Technology-Assisted Investigative Methods

Judicial Reform Foundation

In the first Tech-Law Salon session, Attorneys Lin Chun-Hung and Lin Chun-Ju examine technology-assisted investigation…

03Nov.
2021

Post-Screening Discussion | Dear Future Children - Youth Activism, Fear, Memory, and Agency

Text by Hsu En-En, Lin Pei-Jung

Following a screening of Dear Future Children, activist and writer Hsu En-En reflects on the Sunflower Movement,…

02Nov.
2021

Dummy Accounts: Courts and Prosecutors, Listen to Civil Society

Judicial Reform Foundation

After reviewing disputed dummy-account prosecutions, reporting the systemic problem to the National Human Rights…

30Oct.
2021

Seminar Sidelights | Starting from Dummy-Account Fraud Cases-Scapegoats Caught in the Trap

Wang Chieh-Lin / Department of Social Work, Tunghai University & JRF Intern

These notes reflect on the August 28 symposium on systemic judicial and human-rights issues in dummy-account fraud…

30Oct.
2021

Seminar Sidelights | Starting from Dummy-Account Fraud Cases-Which Side of the Scales of Justice Carries More Weight?

JRF Intern

These notes reflect on an August 28 forum about dummy-account fraud cases. Lawyers, an academic, and a prosecutor…