In the "Mirror" zone of the "Becoming an Ordinary Person" exhibition, we hope to bring the rights dilemmas of different groups into view and reflect on how the judicial system affects people in various difficult circumstances. Especially on March 8, International Women's Day, we specially invited Attorney Sung I-hsin, Convenor of the JRF Gender Working Group, to join everyone in focusing on the judicial predicament faced by female migrant workers.

Far from home, they come to Taiwan to engage in caregiving and domestic work, supporting countless families and industries. Yet, when they encounter exploitation, gender-based violence, or legal disputes, they are often difficult to see, hear, or treat fairly. Judicial reform has made many people's rights "part of an ordinary person's daily life," but what about these laborers from afar? How far are they from being "ordinary"?

This lecture will explore Taiwan's legal protections for female migrant workers, analyze their predicaments in seeking help and litigation, and consider how judicial reform can further ensure they are no longer "invisible," but truly "ordinary persons" endowed with legal protection.

You are welcome to join us in shedding light on those rights dilemmas that remain unseen.

Moderator

Liu Ching-yun Attorney, Formosan Brothers Attorneys-at-Law; Member, JRF Gender Judicial Reform Working Group

Speaker

Sung I-hsin Standing Executive Member, JRF; Convenor, JRF Gender Judicial Reform Working Group

• Time: 03/08 (Sat.) 14:00-16:00
• Location: Taichung Office, Judicial Reform Foundation
  (10F-2, No. 4-33, Sec. 1, Shuangshi Rd., East Dist., Taichung City)
  Online/in-person participation available. In-person attendance is limited to 50 participants; livestream links will be sent to the waitlist.

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Legal education is the most crucial infrastructure for judicial reform.

In the "Wallet" zone of the "Becoming an Ordinary Person" exhibition, we emphasize that "people are our most important asset," and investment in legal education is akin to sowing seeds.

When students, teachers, parents, and school administration face conflicts and legal issues, are we prepared to understand and resolve them through a rule-of-law approach?

For this lecture, we have invited Attorney Lin Tzu-cheng, Standing Executive Member of the JRF, to share the foundation's efforts in legal education and discuss common legal disputes in educational settings, such as:

• Student rights vs. school administration: Are freedom of speech, dress code regulations, and disciplinary measures reasonable?
• Campus conflicts and legal liability: How to handle bullying, gender equity cases, and the legal relationship between parents and schools?
• Legal boundaries for teachers and schools: How to balance teaching autonomy, labor rights, and legal liabilities?

This lecture will be conducted entirely in Taiwanese Hokkien. Participants are welcome to submit additional questions regarding legal education controversies when registering, which the speaker will address during the session. We sincerely invite you to join the discussion and plant roots for Taiwan's rule-of-law future starting from the campus!

Moderator

Ch'en Yu-hua Member, JRF Rescue Team; Partner Attorney, Liang Yuan Attorneys-at-Law

Speaker

Lin Tzu-cheng Standing Executive Member, JRF; Attorney, Der-Lin Chien-Hsu Law Firm

• Time: 04/26 (Sat.) 14:00-16:00
• Location: Taichung Office, Judicial Reform Foundation
  (10F-2, No. 4-33, Sec. 1, Shuangshi Rd., East Dist., Taichung City)
  Online/in-person participation available. In-person attendance is limited to 50 participants; livestream links will be sent to the waitlist.

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When we talk about judicial reform, we often focus on defendants and the fairness of trials, but what about the rights of crime victims?

In the "Mirror" zone of the "Becoming an Ordinary Person" exhibition, we hope to showcase the JRF's collaboration with various community groups and reflect on how the judiciary responds to the needs of different circumstances. Since 2020, the JRF has been deeply engaged in safeguarding the rights and interests of crime victims, firmly believing that this is not antagonistic to the protection of defendants, but rather the key to making the judiciary fairer and more complete.

This lecture will explore the plight of crime victims in judicial proceedings—ranging from reporting, investigation, and trial to compensation and restoration—analyzing current systemic gaps and directions for reform. We will also discuss how to ensure that victims are not merely bystanders in a case, but rights-holders who are truly heard, respected, and protected through legal education, legal aid, and restorative justice.

Judicial reform is not just for the few, but to ensure that everyone can enjoy equal and fair legal protection. We sincerely invite you to listen, discuss, and help advance a more comprehensive judicial system!

Moderator

Ch'en Yi-ch'eng Member, Taiwan Crime Victims Rights Association; Principal Attorney, Chen Yi-Cheng Law Office

Speaker

Hsiao Yi-min Deputy Executive Director, Association for Victims Support

• Time: 05/17 (Sat.) 14:00-16:00
• Location: Taichung Office, Judicial Reform Foundation
  (10F-2, No. 4-33, Sec. 1, Shuangshi Rd., East Dist., Taichung City)
  Online/in-person participation available. In-person attendance is limited to 50 participants; livestream links will be sent to the waitlist.

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The death penalty is one of the most enduring and controversial issues in Taiwan's judicial reform.

In the "Key" zone of the "Becoming an Ordinary Person" exhibition, we hope to look toward future hope, and Constitutional Interpretation No. 8 of 2024 marks a critical moment of change. This ruling poses a major challenge to the death penalty system, propelling Taiwan's judicial reform into a new phase and forcing us to confront future legislative choices and human rights values.

However, on January 16, 2025, Taiwan carried out another execution, rendering this discussion all the more urgent. When the Constitutional Court required the state to review the constitutionality of the death penalty system, an execution order was simultaneously handed down, laying bare the internal contradictions and struggles within Taiwan's judicial system. Does this mean the debate over the abolition or retention of the death penalty will intensify? How should the government and the Legislative Yuan respond? Where should legislative reform lead?

This lecture invites Attorney Li Ai-lun, one of the convenors of the legal reform working group, to review how the Constitutional Court views the death penalty system, analyze the impact of recent executions on Taiwan's judicial reform, and explore future directions for legal reform.

The key has turned—where will the door open? How will Taiwan choose its judicial future? You are sincerely invited to join the discussion!

Moderator

Tsai Meng-han Managing Attorney, Hong-Hsiang Law Firm; Senior Editor, Plain Law Movement

Speaker

Li Ai-lun Standing Executive Member, JRF; Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Foundation

• Time: 06/07 (Sat.) 14:00-16:00
• Location: Taichung Office, Judicial Reform Foundation
  (10F-2, No. 4-33, Sec. 1, Shuangshi Rd., East Dist., Taichung City)
  Online/in-person participation available. In-person attendance is limited to 50 participants; livestream links will be sent to the waitlist.

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In the "Pen" zone of the "Becoming an Ordinary Person" exhibition, we witness the speckled history of 30 years of judicial reform, through which we can also trace the process of Taiwan's democratic and legal transformation.

Today, the passing rate for the judicial officer examination is less than 5%, making it one of the most notoriously difficult national exams in Taiwan. But did you know that in the past, even law students who passed the judicial exam could be denied judgeships simply for not joining the Kuomintang (KMT)? Moreover, even without passing the special judicial exam, individuals could wield a judge's gavel in court simply by virtue of holding a "KMT party member" political status?

The core of pursuing judicial transitional justice lies not only in a clearer understanding of the historical context of Taiwan's judiciary, but also in learning from lessons past so that Taiwan never returns to the old path of a party-state judiciary. One of the most classic studies on party-fied judiciary is Professor Liu Heng-wen's paper, "Post-War Taiwan's 'Party-Fied Judiciary': The KMT's Institutional Control over Judicial Personnel Prior to the 1990s and Its Subsequent Impacts." Professor Liu has long collaborated closely with the JRF on legal education and is affectionately known as the "Guanyin of Basic Legal Education." At this event, Professor Liu will share her motivations for choosing "party-fied judiciary" as her research topic and elaborate on her core research findings and observations. From Hsu Shui-teh's 1995 remark that "courts are also run by the Kuomintang" to the institutional evolution of party forces withdrawing from the judicial system—the 1993 People's Associations Act, the 1999 Judicial Yuan administrative disciplinary norms, and finally the explicit statutory boundary drawn between judges and political parties in Article 15 of the 2012 Judges Act—Taiwan's judicial system was profoundly shaped by the KMT, and the so-called "party-state judiciary" arguably did not officially reach its legal end until 2012.

We have also invited Taiwan High Court Judge Lin Meng-huang, author of Transitional Justice and Judicial Reform, who has long focused on judicial system issues during democratic transition. As a member of the judicial system, he will share his internal perspective on the history of a party-fied judiciary and discuss the intersections and gaps between theoretical research and practical experience, responding to Professor Liu Heng-wen's work.

In addition, Attorney Lo Ping-cheng, former defense counsel in the Su Chien-ho case, will share his experiences and reflections on promoting transitional justice policies during his tenure as a political appointee, discussing whether past efforts left any unfinished business and sharing his expectations and recommendations for future policy directions.

The moderator of this session, Liao Szu-min, formerly served on the Judicial Injustice Rehabilitation Division of the Transitional Justice Commission and currently works at the Foundation for Restoration of Rights of Victims of State Wrongs during the Authoritarian Period, having long dedicated herself to transitional justice issues.

During the opening weekend of the exhibition, we invite these three speakers to delve deep into the history of the party-state judiciary with everyone, reflecting on how those in power during the authoritarian era "penetrated government through the party" and constructed an institutional system of judicial control through the recruitment, training, management, and personnel assignments of judicial officers.

Moderator

Liao Szu-min JRF Volunteer

Speaker

Liu Heng-wen Professor, Department of Civic Education and Leadership, National Taiwan Normal University

Discussant

Lo Ping-cheng Attorney, Doro Law Firm; Standing Executive Member, JRF

Lin Meng-huang Judge, Taiwan High Court 

【Recommended Reading】Post-War Taiwan's "Party-Fied Judiciary": The KMT's Institutional Control over Judicial Personnel Prior to the 1990s and Its Subsequent Impacts

• Time: 07/12 (Sat.) 14:00-16:00
• Location: 228 National Memorial Museum | 1F Exhibition Hall
  (No. 54, Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City)

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A core concept in the "Mirror" zone of the "Becoming an Ordinary Person" exhibition is that "our ordinariness at this moment may not be ordinary at all to others."

Ten years ago, the internationally shocking crackdown on rights-defense lawyers and citizens—known as the "709 Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Crackdown"—began in the early morning of July 9, 2015, when Chinese public security and state security officers launched a sudden round of arrests targeting Attorney Wang Yu of Beijing Fengrui Law Firm, along with her husband Bao Longjun and son Bao Zhuoxuan (Bao Mengmeng). Across mainland China, 316 human rights lawyers, law firm staff, human rights defenders, and their family members were summoned, forcibly interrogated, restricted from leaving the country, placed under residential surveillance, criminally detained, subjected to enforced disappearance, or arrested. Among them, 36 remained in detention or under enforced disappearance.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the "709 Crackdown." We have seen that ten years later, the practice environment for Chinese human rights lawyers has not improved; instead, it has worsened—including travel restrictions, revocation of licenses, exit bans, and even harassment of family members.

During this exhibition, the JRF collected video footage co-recorded by seven overseas lawyers and eight Taiwanese lawyers, which will premiere during the exhibition. We have also invited the Human Rights Committees of both the Taiwan Bar Association and the Taipei Bar Association to discuss the plight of Chinese human rights lawyers and how and why Taiwanese lawyers can care.

Moderator & Discussant

Chiang Jung-hsiang Former Chair, Human Rights Committee, Taipei Bar Association

Discussant

Ch'en Yu-fan Chair, Human Rights Committee, Taiwan Bar Association

• Time: 07/13 (Sun.) 14:00-16:00
• Location: 228 National Memorial Museum | 2F Central Area
  (No. 54, Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City)

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In the "Pen" zone of the "Becoming an Ordinary Person" exhibition, we can observe the history of defendants' human rights and the right to legal defense.

"What the public wants to know" and "what the public ought to know" are two different things. For cases drawing intense public attention, giving the outside world immediate access to information may instead impede investigations or compromise the fairness of subsequent trials.

Past cases monitored by the JRF include the "Love and Blood-Iron Project" and the Bali Murder Case. The foundation has continuously received public "appeals" regarding individual cases where police, prosecutors, and investigators allegedly violated the non-disclosure of investigations principle. A working group was formed to watch television news daily, compiling instances where "investigative agencies" potentially breached non-disclosure rules, and regularly reporting these to official bodies. Until the new Enforcement Rules for Non-Disclosure of Investigations took effect in 2019, the foundation was frequently criticized by the media for supposedly working against the public's right to know.

However, taking the most recent Ko Wen-je case as an example, media reports on the case not only failed to aid in the prosecution of crimes, but also raised concerns about prompting collusion among suspects and leaking evidence. From a societal perspective, the premature leakage of investigation details in this case not only exacerbated chaos and polarization in the political sphere, but may also have cast doubt among citizens on the impartiality of judicial trials. The press release issued by the JRF in late 2010 posing nine questions to investigative agencies regarding non-disclosure has, to date, only been met with evasive responses.

Why cannot the non-disclosure of investigations be effectively implemented? How should the public's "right to know" be balanced? By reviewing past cases and operational issues within prosecutors' offices, we will explain the practical operation of "open investigations" along with the resistance to and turning points for reform. For this session, we have invited Attorney Shih Hung-ch'eng, Convenor of the JRF Non-Disclosure of Investigation Working Group, to deliver the keynote presentation, with Attorney Chang An-ting interspersing questions to guide reflection and dialogue with the audience.

Moderator

Chang An-ting Standing Executive Member, JRF; Attorney, Tung-Yin Law Firm

Speaker

Shih Hung-ch'eng Standing Executive Member, JRF; Attorney, San-Ho Law Firm

• Time: 07/19 (Sat.) 14:00-16:00
• Location: 228 National Memorial Museum | 2F Central Area
  (No. 54, Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City)

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Over the past 30 years, the JRF has assisted countless litigants in reclaiming control over their lives amidst judicial predicaments. "Becoming an Ordinary Person" is our tribute and blessing to these litigants who have walked through the abyss of the judiciary, as well as our starting point to step outside institutional frameworks and re-examine the subjective experiences of judicial victims.

"What the public wants to know" and "what the public ought to know" are two different things. For cases drawing intense public attention, giving the outside world immediate access to information may instead impede investigations or compromise the fairness of subsequent trials.

In 1995, Su Chien-ho and two others were wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death, becoming a significant milestone in Taiwan's judicial transformation. Thirty years later, a social work graduate student and a documentary director crossed paths at the JRF out of a shared concern for the Su Chien-ho case. Beyond legal reform, they brought in a human-centric perspective, walking alongside Su Chien-ho into the lived realities of life, listening to his story while reflecting on their own life experiences. Dancing alongside Su Chien-ho, they felt and probed the value and meaning of life.

For this lecture, we have invited Tsai Shang-heng, a graduate student in the Graduate Institute of Social Work at National Chengchi University, and Li Chao-yen, video advocacy officer at the JRF, to share their reactions and reflections from the field. They will discuss how they were influenced through their interactions with Su Chien-ho, and how, by shifting their positional roles, they loosened society's gaze and carved out potential space for Su Chien-ho to become an ordinary person.

We have also invited social worker Yang Hsiao-wan, who previously engaged with criminal human rights issues through correctional facility interview projects, to moderate the session. We hope to synthesize insights from the field—guiding us to walk along the margins of suffering and everyday life, reclaim the wholeness of being human, and document ordinary people beyond the judiciary.

Moderator

Yang Hsiao-wan Social Worker; Author of The Displaced on the Streets

Speaker

Tsai Shang-heng Graduate Student, Graduate Institute of Social Work, National Chengchi University; Former Social Work Intern, JRF

Discussant

Li Chao-yen Documentary Filmmaker; Video Advocacy Officer, JRF

• Time: 07/20 (Sun.) 14:00-16:00
• Location: 228 National Memorial Museum | 2F Central Area
  (No. 54, Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City)

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In the "Pen" zone of the "Becoming an Ordinary Person" exhibition, we witness the speckled history of 30 years of judicial reform, which also encompasses reforms driven by major miscarriages of justice. Yet, many did not live to see reform happen, dying with unredressed grievances.

The emergence of the Rules on Execution of Capital Punishment was bought by the "Chou Hsun-shan Incident" of 1999. Had these Rules not imposed strict restrictions over the past 30 years—mandating the suspension of executions upon applications for retrial, constitutional litigation, or extraordinary appeals—death row exonerees such as HSU Tzu-chiang, HSIEH Chih-hung, and CHENG Hsing-tse would never have survived to be exonerated.

The DPP government previewed the draft Rules on Execution of Capital Punishment on March 24, 2025, significantly relaxing restrictions on carrying out executions. The rules were officially announced on the evening of April 16 and expedited to take effect on Friday, April 18. Under these rules, while a defendant is pursuing legal remedies and their case is being reviewed by a retrial court or the Constitutional Court, as long as a stay of execution is not ordered, the Ministry of Justice is empowered to execute death row inmates by firing squad.

We have invited Attorney Lin Yung-sung, founder of the JRF and former counsel for the Hsu Tzu-chiang case; Attorney Chen Szu-yu, current standing executive member of the JRF who has authored analytical papers on Taiwan's death penalty verdicts and execution statuses; and Attorney Lin An-tung, longtime volunteer for the Taiwan Association for Death Penalty Abolition, to jointly inquire: Facing the Rules on Execution of Capital Punishment, what lessons does history teach us? What future do we see?

Moderator

Lin An-tung Attorney, Chun-Jih Law Firm; Executive Committee Member, Taiwan Association for Death Penalty Abolition

Speaker

Lin Yung-sung Standing Board Director, JRF

Chen Szu-yu Standing Executive Member, JRF; Member, Human Rights Committee, Taiwan Bar Association

• Time: 07/26 (Sat.) 14:00-16:00
• Location: 228 National Memorial Museum | 2F Central Area
  (No. 54, Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City)

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In the "Wallet" zone of the "Becoming an Ordinary Person" exhibition, the "wallet" symbolizes our most important asset: people. We want to show everyone those "people" beyond systems and legal articles—including creators engaged in social advocacy and legal education, who represent the starting point and continuation of change.

Many social issues are closely intertwined with the law. In the process of communication, obscure legal language and abstract systematic problems always make people feel distant; "explaining things clearly" has never been an easy task. Especially when major social incidents occur, online discussions often prioritize emotion over rationality. How can we foster a narrative in such an atmosphere that maintains empathetic resonance without sacrificing accuracy? The challenge of translation stems not only from language, but also from mutual imagination and understanding.

For this lecture, we have invited Liu Lo-yi, Community Director of the Plain Law Movement, and Lai Ying-chen, attorney and audiovisual creator, to serve as speakers. Possessing both professional legal backgrounds and creator identities, they will share why they chose to become storytellers, how they strike a balance between professionalism and accessibility in their creations, and how they practice legal translation to continuously narrow the distance between issues and the public.

Moderator

Huang Szu-ning Attorney; JRF Working Group Volunteer

Speaker

Liu Lo-yi Community Director, Plain Law Movement

Lai Ying-chen Attorney Ying-Chen; Podcast Host

• Time: 07/27 (Sun.) 14:00-16:00
• Location: 228 National Memorial Museum | 1F Exhibition Hall
  (No. 54, Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City)

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In the "Becoming an Ordinary Person" exhibition, we have specially curated the "Mirror" zone. When we see the faces of judicial victims in the mirror, we simultaneously see ourselves. Through this perspective, we hope viewers will contemplate their connection with the innocent: when "an innocent person is found guilty, no one is free," and everyone could become part of the story.

At the post-screening discussion, Director Huang Hui-chen will share her original creative intent and filming process, as well as truly seeing the person "Liu Cheng-fu" beyond the injustice. Attorney Tsai Ching-yu will analyze the systemic dilemmas in the case from a professional perspective and share the challenges and significance of wrongful conviction rescue.

Wrongful convictions are not merely legal issues; they deeply impact the lives and emotions of the litigants and everyone around them, reflecting the complex human nature and social structures behind the system. Through "Identification," we hope viewers can recognize their connection and responsibility to the system through the judicial victimization experiences of others, pondering how "freedom" and "justice" ought to be safeguarded and realized in our society.

Moderator

Huang Hsi Film Critic

Speaker

Huang Hui-chen Documentary Director

Tsai Ching-yu Member of Liu Cheng-fu Pro Bono Defense Team, Taiwan Association for Innocence; Managing Partner, Yuan-Chu Law Firm

• Time: 08/02 (Sat.) 14:00-16:00
• Location: 228 National Memorial Museum | 1F Exhibition Hall
  (No. 54, Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City)

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In the "Pen" zone of the "Becoming an Ordinary Person" exhibition, we see the history of the "Three Judicial Reform Laws" forming an alliance to jointly advocate reform, the earliest of which to pass was the Legal Aid Act. In the "Wallet" zone, numerous archival photos also capture the actions of those days.

In the past, many low-income households and socially disadvantaged individuals were trapped in the quagmire of vast legal procedures without knowing how to seek remedy, simply because they lacked the financial means to retain a lawyer. Under the Legal Aid Act, the state acquired an institutional tool to assist the people.

In the blink of an eye, the Legal Aid Act has been passed for 20 years. From the initial tensions with the official Judicial Yuan in the early startup phase, to gradually playing a crucial bridging role between official authorities and civil society in judicial reform affairs, it has continuously assisted vulnerable populations in navigating legal difficulties within a rapidly changing society.

Is today's Legal Aid Foundation walking the path envisioned by the people at the inception of the legislation? How does it seek a balance among various roles amidst a realistic and changing environment?

For this lecture, we have specially invited Professor Ch'u Hai-yuan, sociologist, former board chairman and the only non-lawyer former chairman of the JRF, who served as the convener of the "Three Judicial Reform Laws Promotion Alliance" 30 years ago, to moderate. We have also invited Professor Wu Chih-kuang, who participated in the founding era of legal aid, alongside Chou Han-wei, Executive Director of the Legal Aid Foundation, and Attorney Chu Fang-chun, Director of the Legal Affairs Department at the Foundation, to share the challenges currently faced by legal aid and judicial reform.

Moderator

Ch'u Hai-yuan Taiwanese Sociologist; Former Chairman, JRF; Convener of the "Three Judicial Reform Laws Promotion Alliance" 30 Years Ago

Speaker

Wu Chih-kuang Standing Board Director, JRF; Former Board Member, Legal Aid Foundation

Chou Han-wei Executive Director, Legal Aid Foundation

Chu Fang-chun Director of Legal Affairs Department, Legal Aid Foundation

• Time: 08/03 (Sun.) 14:00-16:00
• Location: 228 National Memorial Museum | 1F Exhibition Hall
  (No. 54, Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City)

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Many essential rights have become the ordinary daily routine of every "ordinary person." Wrongful conviction rescue, legal education, policy research, strategic litigation, and publishing all constitute ordinary yet vital daily work for the realization of rights.

When a student tells you about their story with drugs, what should be done? What are the legal provisions? How can the student be assisted? Are there any boundaries? Common questions? Or prerequisite knowledge? This lecture will guide the audience to understand issues related to drug-using youths from the perspectives of juvenile justice, drug policy, and counseling practice, equipping them with the capacity to further explore these issues.

The Juvenile Justice Act underwent major amendments in 2019, and the early intervention mechanism for at-risk youths implemented on July 1, 2023, has drawn widespread attention. Educational and counseling fields also face brand-new challenges and responsibilities. To assist frontline workers in understanding systems and mastering methods, the JRF gathered practical partners long engaged in youth work—ranging from theater workers, juvenile investigation and protection officers, counseling psychologists, guidance teachers, peers with lived experience, university professors, lawyers, to social workers—to focus on "school-based early intervention actions." They held regular monthly meetings to share experiences, ultimately co-authoring a practical handbook for teachers titled Drug-Using Youths: Campus Regulations and Counseling Practice for Teachers, which was officially published in October 2023.

The purpose of this book is precisely as JRF Attorney Huang Hsu-tian stated: "Teachers need more knowledge and methods when assisting students. We wanted to write a manual like 'Teacher, You Can Do This Too,' giving frontline teachers a basic understanding of drug issues, a conceptual grasp of legal systems, and necessary practical reminders to avoid helplessness and confusion when facing drug-using youths."

Regulations have since been successively amended: the Juvenile Justice Act was amended again on May 30, 2023, and promulgated on June 21 of the same year, while norms such as the Directions for Schools in Formulating Student Guidance and Discipline Measures were also amended on February 5, 2024, readjusting campus regulations for addressing drug issues. These changes highlight: How is the current early intervention mechanism operating? What challenges are being faced? How should drug issues be conceptualized? How to talk with youth and parents? These questions continue to surround the campus.

Meanwhile, as reminded by Chief Editor and Assistant Professor Lin Chun-ru: "This book discusses the current status and patterns of drug use in order to deeply understand the systemic mechanisms and social contexts behind those behaviors. Only by doing so can we find more effective ways to dialogue and accompany."

This lecture will take this as its theme, inviting the chief editor and attorney of Drug-Using Youths: Campus Regulations and Counseling Practice for Teachers, author-group professors from the Department of Social Work, theater workers, as well as reporters long concerned with drug policy issues and the captain of the Criminal Investigation Corps' Drug Suppression Center, to jointly discuss and observe the concrete landscape of drug policy, juvenile justice, and educational fields from diverse perspectives.

Moderator

Huang Hsu-tian Board Chairman, JRF

Discussant

Lin Chun-ru Standing Executive Member, JRF; Assistant Professor, Department of Law, National Dong Hwa University

Wang Ch'ien-ling Reporter, The Reporter

Chen Wen-ju Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, National Taipei University

Peng Tzu-ling Artistic Director, Dark Dogs Theatre

Lai Kai-chun Captain, Drug Enforcement Center, Criminal Investigation Corps, Taipei City Police Department

• Time: 08/09 (Sat.) 14:00-17:00
• Location: 228 National Memorial Museum | 1F Exhibition Hall
  (No. 54, Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City)

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Is Taiwan's law the law of Han Chinese? Is the court an alien tribunal discriminating against Indigenous peoples?

Twenty years ago, Indigenous community members asked judges to review traditional cultural materials of Indigenous peoples, arguing that their cultural behaviors lacked the "consciousness of illegality" required by criminal law. However, the judge rebuked them in a lofty tone, declaring: "This law, taken to the top of Jade Mountain, remains the same."

Today, the Indigenous Peoples Basic Act has been passed for 20 years. Which of the judicial predicaments faced by Taiwan's Indigenous peoples have seen significant improvement, and which ones do we still continuously confront? Whether you care about Indigenous issues or judicial reform, we sincerely invite you to register for our lecture.

Moderator

Lin Cheng-ching Bill Assistant Researcher, JRF

Speaker

Cheng Ch'uan-ju Board Member, JRF; Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Education and Law, National Taipei University of Education

Savungaz Valincinan Chairperson, Taiwan Indigenous Youth Public Participation Association

• Time: 08/10 (Sun.) 14:00-16:00
• Location: 228 National Memorial Museum | 1F Exhibition Hall
  (No. 54, Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City)

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