Commentary

1235 articles

24Jul.
2017

Good Systems Bring Sound Sleep: Notes on Visiting the U.S. NCSC and CCE

Liu Ju-Hsun / JRF Design

This article shares the author's reflections from a trip to the United States in early July, where they visited the…

08Jul.
2017

Commentary | Post-Judicial Reform: The Disappearing Issues Concerning Children and Juveniles

Wang I-fan / Chief Investigator and Protector, Investigation and Protection Office, Keelung District Court; Subcommittee Member, National Judicial Reform Conference, Office of the President

As the countdown to the plenary session begins, can the missing resolutions be restored and properly planned before the…

07Jul.
2017

Two Years After the “709 Crackdown”: Call for the Release of Lee Ming-che and All 709 Detainees

Taiwan Parliamentary Human Rights Commission, Yonghe Community University, Wenshan Community University, Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR), Covenants Watch, Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF), Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP), Taiwan Innocence Project, Taiwan Support China Human Rights Lawyers Network, Yong Society

On June 6, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on China to release Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-che, and to…

03Jul.
2017

The Country Chicken Restaurant Owner's Judicial Reform

Hsiao I-min / Director of the Complaint Center, Judicial Reform Foundation

Two years ago, a news story about a country chicken restaurant being usurped because an order for payment was ignored…

27Jun.
2017

The Metrics of Success and Failure for the National White Paper on Judicial Reform: A Comparative Analysis with the JRF's '2016 National Judicial Reform Movement'

Kao Jung-chih, Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

The "prototype" of the National Judicial Reform Movement can be described as an attempt by the JRF to "build on the…

26Jun.
2017

The High Prosecutors Office Prosecutor with a Half-Page Appeal Brief

Hsiao I-min / Director of the Center for Petition Services, Judicial Reform Foundation

On March 18, 2011, the Ministry of Justice's Prosecutorial Personnel Review Committee disciplined three prosecutors,…

22Jun.
2017

Incompetent Commanders Exhaust the Troops: Who Is Causing Judicial Overwork

Yü Po-hsiang / Attorney, Standing Executive Committee Member of the Judicial Reform Foundation

Amid the wave of opinion submissions triggered by the National Conference on Judicial Reform, many pieces accused the…

10Jun.
2017

Knock, Knock, Destiny is Calling

Judicial Reform Foundation

The law may seem distant to us, but have we ever thought about how our occupations might bring us unexpected legal…

06Jun.
2017

Review: Third Extraordinary Meeting of Group 5 of the Presidential Office's National Consultative Conference on Judicial Reform