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23Dec.
2004

Immediate Appeal against Detention? Mind Human Rights

Kao Yung-cheng / Executive Director of JRF, Attorney-at-Law

Car bomb suspect Kao Pao-chung was recently arrested. When prosecutors applied to the court for his detention, the…

15Dec.
2004

The Abuse and Misuse of the Principle of Prosecutorial Unity: Lessons from Japan's Lockheed Scandal

Ho K'e-ch'ang (Prosecutor, Pingtung District Prosecutors Office)

Legal systems exist in response to the spatial-temporal and qualitative-quantitative variations of the society of their…

15Dec.
2004

Statement on Interpretation No. 585: Urging the Legislative Yuan to Swiftly Amend and Operate the Truth-Seeking Committee Statute in Accordance with the Judicial Yuan Justices' Interpretation

Alliance of Citizens Monitoring the Truth-Seeking Committee

The Judicial Yuan Justices issued Interpretation No. 585 today, characterizing the Truth-Seeking Committee as an organ…

10Dec.
2004

Welcoming the Court's Trial Proceedings in the Su Chien-ho Case on World Human Rights Day in Accordance with Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 582

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Taiwan High Court held another trial hearing for the Su Chien-ho case this afternoon. After a hiatus of nine…

09Dec.
2004

Minister, Please Stay! Immediately Establish "Standard Operating Procedures for Death Penalty Execution" ~ Human Rights Day Joint Press Conference

Taipei Bar Association, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Judicial Reform Foundation

Having assumed office as Minister of Justice for less than four months, Minister Ch'en is soon to be promoted to Vice…

01Dec.
2004

Positive Vote-Buying Investigations Must Remain Neutral and Comply with the Principle of Proportionality

Alliance for Prosecutor System Reform

Recently, legislators from the pan-green camp questioned whether prosecutors primarily targeted pan-green figures in…

20Nov.
2004

Ending the Tragedy of Corporal Punishment

Lin Meng-huang (Judge, Legal Education Committee of the Judicial Reform Foundation)

In view of repeated incidents of students suffering injuries from corporal punishment by teachers, the Association for…

18Nov.
2004

The Countess and the Pig

Yu Po-hsiang (Executive Committee Member, Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan; Attorney-at-Law)

According to reports, the People First Party caucus held a press conference on the 17th announcing that it will promote…

04Nov.
2004

Statement Regarding the Judgment on the Lawsuit for Nullification of Election

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Taiwan High Court rendered its judgment this afternoon regarding the lawsuit for the nullification of the…