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23Dec.
2014

Trial e-Digitization Means Transparency: Press Conference Urging the Prompt Establishment of a Tech-Enabled Courtroom for the Hsu Tzu-chiang Case

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Judicial Yuan has been actively promoting the implementation of digital technology in courtrooms. Starting in 2012,…

11Dec.
2014

New Immigrants Need a Friendly Judicial and Human Rights Environment ~ Press Conference on the Judicial and Human Rights Situation of New Immigrants

Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan New Immigrants Labor Rights Association, Executive Secretary of Trans-Asian Sisters Association, Taiwan

Last year, Legislator Yu Mei-nu and other lawmakers submitted a draft amendment to the *Nationality Act* regarding…

10Dec.
2014

The Prosecutor Evaluation Commission: Keeping Prosecutors Happy!~Press Conference on the Ineffective Supervisory Function of the Prosecutor Evaluation Commission

Judicial Reform Foundation

This year, the 2nd Prosecutors Evaluation Committee rendered 18 evaluation decisions, dismissing 16 cases on the…

08Dec.
2014

Endless Human Rights Crimes of Lo Ying-hsueh: Press Conference Demanding the Indefinite Removal of the Black-Hearted Minister

Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Taiwan Association for Indigenous Peoples, Awakening Foundation, Covenants Watch

Recently (Dec 3), multiple human rights organizations issued a joint statement sternly demanding that Minister of…

02Dec.
2014

Embrace the Sunshine, Judiciary! ~ Press Conference on Opposing the Restriction of People's Access to Court Recordings

Congressional Office of Legislator Yu Mei-yu, Congressional Office of Legislator Liao Cheng-ching, Taipei Bar Association, Kaohsiung Bar Association, Taiwan Bar Association, Judicial Reform Foundation

On October 25, 2013, the Judicial Yuan arbitrarily promulgated the "Regulations Governing Court Recordings and Their…

28Nov.
2014

Condemning the Hong Kong Government’s Violent Clearance Operations and the Trampling of Fundamental Human Rights Under the Umbrella Movement

Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Covenants Watch, Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty

As the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement entered its 60th day, more than 6,000 police officers violently cleared the protest…

07Nov.
2014

Stop the Numbers: Premiere and Press Conference for the Advocacy Short Films on Chiou Ho-shun, Hsieh Chih-hung, and Cheng Hsing-tze

Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Taiwan Association for Innocence, Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Association for Human Rights

Li Chia-huai, who served as the assistant director for the Hsueh Case documentary *Island Etudes 3: The Taste of…

24Oct.
2014

JRF Statement Regarding Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 725 by the Grand Justices

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Foundation expresses its affirmation of Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 725 rendered by the Grand Justices,…

22Oct.
2014

Difficulties in Evaluating Judges and Prosecutors Call for Urgent Amendments to Fix Loopholes: Press Conference on Strengthening Individual Case Evaluations Under the Judges Act

Judicial Reform Foundation

The individual case evaluation system under the *Judges Act* came into effect on January 6, 2012, and has been in place…