Press Releases

1063 articles
20Jan.
2005

What Should Pass Does Not, While What Should Not Be Cut Gets Cut

Judicial Reform Foundation

Today (January 20, 2005), the Legislative Yuan voted to cut the budget related to the "professional stipend for…

19Jan.
2005

Opposing the Legislative Yuan's Inappropriate Interference with the Judiciary Through the Use of the Budget!

Judicial Reform Foundation

According to news reports, during the cross-caucus consultations on the Judicial Yuan's budget for fiscal year 2005,…

18Jan.
2005

Opposing Hasty Legislation on the Medical Examiners Act ~ Joint Press Conference Promoting the Civil Society Version of the Medical Examiners Act

National Alliance of Medical Examiners, Taiwan Dental Association, Taiwan Bar Association, Alliance for Prosecutorial System Reform, Human Rights Association of ROC, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Association for Yan Chai Education, Taiwan Medical Association

The Medical Examiners Act is a major bill concerning judicial quality and human rights protection. However, without…

13Jan.
2005

"Freeze! I am a Legislator!"

Taiwan Prosecutors Reform Alliance

During the Legislative Yuan's negotiation of the central government general budget for fiscal year 2005 on the 13th of…

30Dec.
2004

2004 Work Achievements

Judicial Reform Foundation

2004 Work Achievements

15Dec.
2004

The Abuse and Misuse of the Principle of Prosecutorial Unity: Lessons from Japan's Lockheed Scandal

Ho K'e-ch'ang (Prosecutor, Pingtung District Prosecutors Office)

Legal systems exist in response to the spatial-temporal and qualitative-quantitative variations of the society of their…

15Dec.
2004

Statement on Interpretation No. 585: Urging the Legislative Yuan to Swiftly Amend and Operate the Truth-Seeking Committee Statute in Accordance with the Judicial Yuan Justices' Interpretation

Alliance of Citizens Monitoring the Truth-Seeking Committee

The Judicial Yuan Justices issued Interpretation No. 585 today, characterizing the Truth-Seeking Committee as an organ…

10Dec.
2004

Welcoming the Court's Trial Proceedings in the Su Chien-ho Case on World Human Rights Day in Accordance with Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 582

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Taiwan High Court held another trial hearing for the Su Chien-ho case this afternoon. After a hiatus of nine…

09Dec.
2004

Minister, Please Stay! Immediately Establish "Standard Operating Procedures for Death Penalty Execution" ~ Human Rights Day Joint Press Conference

Taipei Bar Association, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Judicial Reform Foundation

Having assumed office as Minister of Justice for less than four months, Minister Ch'en is soon to be promoted to Vice…