Brief Note: The 2nd Meeting of the 3rd Division of the Presidential Office's National Consultative Conference on Judicial Reform

1. The meeting lasted for over three hours, and the chairperson ruled that starting from the next meeting, sessions will commence at 9:00 AM.

2. There were several adjustments to the process and seating arrangement for this meeting, which facilitated the participation of non-legal professionals in the discussion:

   1. Seating legal and non-legal professionals alternately
   2. Giving non-legal professionals priority in speaking

3. At the start of the meeting, members engaged in an intense and deadlocked debate over whether to schedule a set discussion time for each topic and the subsequent order of discussion for each agenda item. A vote had to be called, and it was not until the 51st minute that the meeting moved on to Topic 1, "Review of Investigation and Litigation Procedures for Environmental Cases."

4. Topic 1, "Review of Investigation and Litigation Procedures for Environmental Cases," was discussed for about 45 minutes. Members reached a high consensus on the problem analysis presented by the reporter (difficulties in holding accountable, insufficient administrative regulation). Regarding the production of meeting resolutions, the chairperson requested that members form a committee responsible for submitting written reports, rather than leaving it to the courts, ministries, or staff. Resolutions for future topics will follow this same model.

5. Discussion on Topic 2, "Diversified Appointment and Supervision of Judges and Prosecutors," was not concluded. Along with Topic 3, "Review of the Functions of the Judges and Prosecutors Evaluation Committees or the Feasibility of Establishing a Legal Professionals Evaluation Foundation," it has been postponed to the next meeting for discussion.

Meeting Attachments

1. Review of Investigation and Litigation Procedures for Environmental Cases (Opinions of the Judicial Yuan) (Doc. No. -3-2-Discussion 1)
2. Review of Investigation and Litigation Procedures for Environmental Cases (Opinions of the Ministry of Justice) (Doc. No. -3-2-Discussion 1)
3. Review of Investigation and Litigation Procedures for Environmental Cases (Opinions of the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan) (Doc. No. -3-2-Discussion 1)
4. Review of Investigation and Litigation Procedures for Environmental Cases (Opinions of the National Police Agency, Ministry of the Interior) (Doc. No. -3-2-Discussion 1)
5. Diversified Appointment of Judges (Opinions of Member Yu Po-hsiang) (Doc. No. -3-2-Discussion 2)
6. Diversified Appointment of Judges (Opinions of Member Li Chia-wen) (Doc. No. -3-2-Discussion 2)
7. Diversified Appointment of Judges (Opinions of Member Lai Kung-li) (Doc. No. -3-2-Discussion 2)
8. Diversified Appointment, Supervision, Evaluation, and Personnel Systems with Diverse Representation and Gender Equality for Judges and Prosecutors (Opinions of the Judicial Yuan) (Doc. No. -3-2-Discussion 2, 3)
9. Review of the Functions of the Judges and Prosecutors Evaluation Committees or the Feasibility of Establishing a Legal Professionals Evaluation Foundation (Opinions of the Judicial Reform Foundation) (Doc. No. -3-2-Discussion 3)
10. Review of the Functions of the Judges and Prosecutors Evaluation Committees or the Feasibility of Establishing a Legal Professionals Evaluation Foundation (Presentation by the Judicial Reform Foundation) (Doc. No. -3-2-Discussion 3)