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21Nov.
2025

Op-Ed | "Is Anyone Home?" Searching for Traces of "Human-Centricity" in the Draft Artificial Intelligence Basic Act

Huang Kuan-hsin / Project Manager for International Affairs and Digital Human Rights, Judicial Reform Foundation; Adjunct Lecturer, International College of Innovation, National Chengchi University

Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly and being widely applied in daily life. Countries everywhere are…

21Nov.
2025

“Is Anyone There?” — Searching for a Human‑Centric Vision in Taiwan’s Draft AI Basic Act

Huang Kuan-hsin, International Affairs and Digital Rights Project Manager, Judicial Reform Foundation; Adjunct Lecturer, International College of Innovation, National Chengchi University

Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly and is increasingly embedded in everyday life. Governments around…

20Nov.
2025

Call for Amicus Curiae Briefs on the Unconstitutionality of the Statute of Limitations for Child Sexual Abuse: Scholars, Organizations, and Helping Professionals Invited to Participate!

Judicial Reform Foundation

Today is World Children's Day, and we invite you to speak up for children! In March of last year, the Constitutional…

19Nov.
2025

Op-Ed | Can Our Legal System Distinguish Between a "Major Drug Lord" and a "Minor Drug User"?

Lin Wei-Min (Master's Student, Graduate Institute of Criminology, National Taipei University) and Liao Wei-Cheng (Associate Researcher, Judicial Reform Foundation)

Does the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act truly suffer from excessively heavy penalties? Exploring this issue requires…

17Nov.
2025

Press Release | Cases of Death Due to Delayed Medical Treatment in Custody Occur Repeatedly: JRF Urges Control Yuan to Conduct a Thorough Investigation and Call for Public Case Submissions

Judicial Reform Foundation

In 2012, the Control Yuan issued Investigation Report No. 101-Szu-Tiao-0046 regarding "medical deficiencies in prisons…

11Nov.
2025

Op-Ed | Parole is the Ultimate Safety Valve for Prison Order

Kuan-Chen Ch'en / Legal Specialist, Judicial Reform Foundation; Yu-Ta Su / Intern, Judicial Reform Foundation

On October 30 this year (2025), the Executive Yuan passed draft amendments to the Criminal Code, the Enforcement Act of…

07Nov.
2025

Seminar | The Unnecessary Evil: "Torture, Ill-Treatment, and Life Imprisonment" ─ Seminar on State Obligations

Covenants Watch, Taiwan Association for Innocence, Taiwan Association to End the Death Penalty, Judicial Reform Foundation

06Nov.
2025

Opinion | When Regulations Still Bear the Name of "Eugenics": Reflecting on Taiwan's Reproductive Policy Through the Retrogression of Abortion Rights in the United States

Chuang Tzu-hsuan (Pro Bono Lawyer, Gender Group, Judicial Reform Foundation), Lin Cheng-ching (Research Specialist, Judicial Reform Foundation)

In August 2025, a citizen initiated a proposal on the Public Policy Network Participation Platform to "delete the…

06Nov.
2025

Joint Statement | Opposing Unconstitutional and Human Rights-Violating Legislative Amendments—Joint Statement by Civil Society Organizations Concerning the Executive Yuan's Draft Amendments Imposing Harsher Penalties

Covenant Watch, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Taiwan Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Taiwan Association for Innocence, Taiwan Labor Front, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Prison Reform

From late last year to August of this year, legislators successively proposed legislative amendment bills for "life…