Commentary

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26Nov.
2019

Event Record | Seminar on Progressive Treatment and Open Prison System Reform

Judicial Reform Foundation

On November 9, the Judicial Reform Foundation and the Taipei Bar Association jointly held the "Seminar on Progressive…

22Nov.
2019

What I Saw and Heard During My Internship at the JRF

Hsu Meng-hua / Department of Political Science, Soochow University

During this internship, I was initially worried about not being able to fit in with the July interns, since they had…

22Nov.
2019

Valuing "People": Between Ideals and Pragmatism

Hu Chih-hsiao / Maastricht University, Netherlands

It has been over a month since my internship at the JRF ended, but I still feel as though those issues concerning…

13Nov.
2019

New Psychoactive Substances Regulation Demands More Professional Discussion

Lin Wei-Ting (Policy Researcher, JRF) and Lin Chun-Hung (Attorney-at-Law)

Prosecutor Lin Ta published an op-ed in Apple Daily titled "Amend the Law Quickly to Plug the Loophole and Curb New…

12Nov.
2019

The Untold Truth Behind the March 24 Eviction

Kuo Hao-jen / Attorney, Member of the March 24 State Compensation Pro Bono Legal Team

Recent state compensation rulings regarding the March 24 Executive Yuan eviction have sparked controversy, with a few…

04Nov.
2019

First Step to Preventing Lynching: Enhancing Prison Transparency

Li Ming-ju (Staff Attorney, JRF) / Lin Wei-ting (Project Researcher, JRF)

On November 1, Apple Daily exclusively reported that a Kaohsiung Prison inmate allegedly died from lynching, with two…

01Nov.
2019

Tai Li-shen: The "Tai Li-shen Clause" fails to protect me, forcing me to be a martyr and sacrifice myself

Judicial Reform Foundation

Whistleblower Tai Li-shen recounts how, encouraged by his agency's ethics officers, he exposed illegal expense…

01Nov.
2019

Professor Lin Chih-hsiu: If the Bill Remains Flawed, Who in This Society Will Ever Step Forward to Be a Whistleblower Again?

Judicial Reform Foundation

First of all, I strongly support what Li-shen just said. During the drafting of the entire bill, I repeatedly suggested…

31Oct.
2019

Q&A on Paragraph 2, Article 19 of the Whistleblower Protection Act

Judicial Reform Foundation

On October 30, the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee of the Legislative Yuan held cross-party caucus…