Press Releases

2024
Statement | A New Milestone for Transgender Rights, Another Breakthrough in Gender Marker Change Registration: Victory in the Hsiao-Na Case
Today, the Kaohsiung High Administrative Court rendered its judgment in the Hsiao-Na case, ruling in favor of Hsiao-Na.…

2024
Press Conference | "Critical Moment for Judicial Reform: Who Will Be the Next President of the Judicial Yuan?" Seven Recommendations to the President by the Grand Justices Nomination Oversight Alliance
Grand Justices of the Judicial Yuan have historically interpreted the Constitution and laws, led Taiwan's…

2024
Press Conference | The Narrow and Heavy Gate of Criminal Retrial: "How Hard Are Difficult Cases, Why Are Wrongful Convictions Wrongful" Press Conference Series (Part 1)
The exoneration of wrongful convictions is a belated but necessary justice that can be given to innocent judicial…

2024
Lü Cheng-yen's Remarks | Covenants at 40, Zero Torture: Immediately Pass the Enforcement Act of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and Its Optional Protocol

2024
Civil Society Organizations Press Conference | Convention Zero, Zero Torture: Immediately Pass the Enforcement Act of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and Its Optional Protocol
This morning (June 26), seven civil society organizations including the Covenants Watch, alongside victims of human…

2024
Statement | No Remorse for Police Violence, Review Performance Evaluation System ASAP—Press Conference on the First-Instance Verdict of the Sanchong Police Assault Case
In September 2022, two police officers surnamed Weng and Chiang from the Yungfu Police Station of the Sanchong…

2024
Mido's Statement|Hong Kong Freedom June 2024 Taipei March —— Defending Democracy, Taiwan and Hong Kong Hand in Hand
Hello everyone, I am Mido, an advocacy officer at the Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF). In addition to Taiwan's…

2024
Statement | Rational Discussion of Public Policy: Digital Human Rights and Combating Crime Are Not Mutually Exclusive—JRF’s Response to Comments by "Prosecutors for Reform"
The aforementioned statement by "Prosecutors for Reform" failed to carefully examine the demands made in the joint…

2024
Press Conference | Opening the Floodgates to Surveillance: Does Parliament Agree? Joint Press Release by Civil Society Organizations
In response to the Legislative Yuan's upcoming review of the Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention Act, the Communication…
