Seminar | [Four Years of the Judges Act Amendments: Pluralistic Judicial Accountability] Series Seminar, Session 1

Amidst the current global atmosphere of political polarization, ensuring that the judiciary—as an independent dispute-resolution mechanism—remains stably and enduringly trusted by the people, thereby serving as a cornerstone of democratic resilience, is a goal pursued by the global legal community. The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has listed the strengthening of judicial accountability among its "Four Strategic Objectives for 2021–2025" and continues to promote it as a core institutional agenda.

However, looking back at Taiwan's legal community over the past two years, judges, prosecutors, and attorneys alike have faced ethical and accountability issues, encountering blows and challenges more severe than ever before. There is now an urgent need to examine and engage in dialogue on two major questions: "How to improve the supervision of incompetent judges and prosecutors?" and "How attorneys should participate.">

The Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) has long been concerned with the supervision of unqualified judicial officers. In order to foster a dialogue on shared expectations and improvement goals for professional judicial ethics regarding subjects, objects, and methods, we are co-hosting the [Four Years of the Judges Act Amendments: Pluralistic Judicial Accountability] series of seminars with the Judicial Reform Committee of the Taiwan Bar Association, exploring "supervision mechanisms for incompetent judicial officers" and "self-regulation and external regulation of attorneys."

This event is the first session of the seminar series. The first half will be moderated by Chiang Jung-hsiang, Convener of the Judicial Reform Committee of the Taiwan Bar Association, with reports on observations of the individual case evaluation system four years after the Judges Act amendments given by Control Yuan investigative specialist Li Hung-yi (invited) and JRF Deputy Executive Director, Attorney Li Ming-ju; responses will be provided by Chiang Shih-ming, Professor at the College of Law of National Chengchi University and former member of the Judges Evaluation Commission, and former Supreme Court Judge, Attorney Chien Chien-jung.

The second half will be moderated by JRF Chairperson, Attorney Huang Hsu-tian, featuring sharing sessions from the judicial reform committees of the Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung bar associations on how bar associations can participate in supervision as entities requesting evaluations, and concluded with responses on civil society's observations by JRF Standing Director, Attorney Lin Yung-sung.

This seminar will be held in person and online simultaneously. Everyone is cordially invited to attend!

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Event Information

Date: Saturday, December 28, 2024

Time: 14:00–17:00

Venue: Conference Room, Taiwan Bar Association (Room C, 7th Floor, No. 4, Section 1, Zhongxiao West Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City)
Simultaneous online livestreaming (links will be provided after registration)

Capacity: In-person attendance is limited to 40 participants.

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Event Agenda

Time	Activity
13:30~14:00	Admission and Registration
14:00-15:30	First Half: [Pluralistic Judicial Accountability: Do Individual Case Evaluations Help Supervise Incompetent Judges and Prosecutors?] Moderator Chiang Jung-hsiang, Attorney / Convener, Judicial Reform Committee, Taiwan Bar Association Reporter Li Ming-ju, Attorney / Deputy Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation Li Hung-yi, Specialist / Investigative Specialist, Control Yuan Panelist Chiang Shih-ming, Professor / Professor, College of Law, National Chengchi University Chien Chien-jung, Attorney / Former Supreme Court Judge
15:30-17:00	Second Half: [Pluralistic Judicial Accountability: Towards Comprehensive Evaluation] Moderator Huang Hsu-tian, Attorney / Chairperson, Judicial Reform Foundation Reporter Cheng Chia-hui, Attorney / Convener, Judicial Reform Committee, Tainan Bar Association Liang Chih-wei, Attorney / Guest, Judicial Reform Committee, Kaohsiung Bar Association Huang Sheng-fen, Attorney / Convener, Judicial Reform Committee, Taichung Bar Association Panelist Lin Yung-sung, Attorney / Standing Director, Judicial Reform Foundation
17:00	Conclusion and Departure

Organizers

Judicial Reform Foundation, Judicial Reform Committee of the Taiwan Bar Association

Co-organizers

Constitutional Reform Committee of the Taiwan Bar Association
Taipei Bar Association Judicial Reform Committee
Taoyuan Bar Association
Taichung Bar Association
Changhua Bar Association
Nantou Bar Association
Tainan Bar Association
Kaohsiung Bar Association

Event Contact

Yeh Po-chun, Legal Specialist, Judicial Reform Foundation
Phone: (02)2523-1178#31
Email: bj@jrf.org.tw