Press Releases

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20Dec.
2006

To Live! To Die? A Confusing and Botched Death Penalty Warrant!

Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty

Chung Te-shu, the first death-row inmate for whom the Minister of Justice signed an execution warrant in 2006, walked…

03Nov.
2006

Glad to See the Bankruptcy Act Unfrozen

Hsu Li-hsin / Executive Committee Member of the JRF, Attorney-at-Law

We commend the Supreme Court's recent ruling reported in your newspaper, which declared that "bankruptcy declarations…

27Oct.
2006

Suggestions for the Taiwanese People Regarding Judicial Faith

Judicial Reform Foundation

In recent years, prosecutors investigating government officials' corruption scandals have repeatedly caused widespread…

18Oct.
2006

Here Comes Another Monster? Statement of JRF on the Draft Act for the Establishment of the Judicial System Reform Review Committee

Judicial Reform Foundation

Today (October 17), the Procedure Committee of the Legislative Yuan passed a motion to submit the "Draft Organic Act…

02Sep.
2006

The Dawn of the Cohabitation Era?

Lai Fang-yu (Executive Committee Member and Attorney, JRF)

According to news reports, the Supreme Court recently cited a 1944 precedent regarding a concubine's claim for alimony…

19Jul.
2006

Statement by the Judicial Reform Foundation Regarding Grand Justices Involved in a Influence-Peddling Case

Judicial Reform Foundation

According to news reports, the Judicial Yuan applied double standards in handling the judicial influence-peddling cases…

14Jun.
2006

What the Rule of Law Rejects Is Cruelty

Kao Jung-chih (Executive Committee Member, Judicial Reform Foundation; Attorney-at-Law)

Yesterday (June 12), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) held a press conference titled "Taiwan Makes…

26May.
2006

Press Conference Opposing Certain Provisions of the Draft Amendment to the Communication Security and Surveillance Act

Judicial Reform Foundation

On January 1, 2006, the newly amended Communication Security and Surveillance Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New…

03May.
2006

Statement Regarding Judge Chen Cheng-quan's Travel to China with a Litigant

Judicial Reform Foundation

According to media reports, Judge Chen Cheng-quan of the Taichung Branch of the Taiwan High Court traveled to China in…