Press Releases
2020
Lay Participation in Trials Should Not Be Hastily Legislate, and the DPP Should Pull Back from the Brink—Day 8 of the Sit-In Protest Against the Inclusion of the Lay Participation Bill in the Legislative Yuan's Provisional Session
The Alliance pointed out that the draft "Lay Assessor Act" has entered cross-party consultations during the Legislative…
2020
Stop Evading the Issue on Negotiating Lay Participation, DPP Must Clear the Air—Eighth Day of Sit-in Protest Against the Inclusion of the National Lay Participation Bill in the Legislative Yuan's Extraordinary Session
The Alliance for Parallel Trial Implementation of Lay Judge and Jury Systems, composed of civil groups including the…
2020
Marching to the Presidential Office to Call on President Tsai Ing-wen for a Public Debate: Sit-in Protest on the Seventh Day of the Legislative Yuan's Extraordinary Session Targeting the Lay Participation Draft Bill
The "Grand Alliance for Concurrent Trial Implementation of Lay Assessor and Jury Systems"—composed of civil society…
2020
Learning from the Lessons of Wrongful Convictions, Opposing Hasty Legislation on Lay Participation—Day 6 of the Sit-in Protest Against the Legislative Yuan's Extraordinary Session Over the Lay Assessor Bill
Formed by civil society organizations including the Judicial Reform Foundation and the Taiwan Association for Assessor…
2020
Civilian Mock Jury Trials Prove Feasible, President Tsai Should Publicly Debate Lay Assessor System—Day 5 of Sit-In Protest Against the Legislative Yuan's Extraordinary Session Inclusion of the National Lay Assessor Bill
Formed by NGOs such as the Judicial Reform Foundation and the Taiwan Association for Indispensable Jury, the "Joint…
2020
Judicial Reform Committee Members Strongly Support Dual Systems Running Concurrently; President Tsai Ing-wen Must Not Act Arbitrarily—Day Four of Sit-in Protest Against the Inclusion of the National Lay Participation in Criminal Trials Bill in the Legislative Yuan's Extraordinary Session
During the 2017 National Customs Conference on Judicial Reform convened by the President, public participation in…
2020
Can Deliberation Happen Without Professional Judges? Jurors from Home and Abroad Speak Out—Day 3 of the Sit-in Protest Against the Inclusion of the Lay Participation Bill in the Legislative Yuan's Extraordinary Session
The "Grand Alliance for Concurrent Trial Implementation of Lay Assessor and Jury Systems"—composed of civil society…
2020
DPP Lacks Credibility in Excluding Jury Trial; Civil Society Invites U.S. Lawyer to Clear Up Doubts ~ Second Day of Sit-In Protest Against Inclusion of Lay Participation Bill in Legislative Extraordinary Session
Formed by civil society organizations including the Judicial Reform Foundation and the Taiwan Association for…
2020
Briefing Paper on Parallel Pilots of the Lay-Judge and Jury Systems (Archived)
Much of Taiwan's criminal procedure was designed for trials conducted entirely by professional judges. This briefing…
