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06Aug.
2025

2025 Fundraising Report | Judicial Reform with You, Taichung is Strong | Taichung

Judicial Reform Foundation

04Aug.
2025

Joint Statement by Civil Society Organizations | Adding Death Penalty Provisions Fails to Deter Child Abuse

Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Covenant Watch, Judicial Reform Foundation, Amnesty International Taiwan, Taipei Bar Association Human Rights Committee

Constitutional Court Judgment No. 8 of the 2023 (113) Judicial Yuan (hereinafter "113-Hsien-Pan-8") rendered a…

02Aug.
2025

Op-Ed | What Era Is This That Note-Taking in the Gallery Is Still Prohibited?

Huang Hsu-t'ien / Chairperson, Judicial Reform Foundation

Article 86 of the Court Organization Act stipulates that court arguments and the pronouncement of judgments shall be…

17Jul.
2025

Grand Justice Nominees Respond to the Fifteen Questions from the Alliance for Citizen Monitoring of Grand Justice Nominees

Alliance for Citizen Monitoring of Grand Justice Nominees

On March 21 of this year, President Lai Ching-te nominated Tsai Chiu-ming, Su Su-e, Hsiao Wen-sheng, Cheng Chun-hui,…

01Jul.
2025

The 66th Anniversary of the 2025 Tibetan Uprising: Representation on the Island

Heng (JRF Intern)

On March 10, the Association of Tibetans in Taiwan and the International Tibet Youth Congress - Taiwan Chapter held a…

30Jun.
2025

Judicial Reform Foundation Special Research Project on Attorney Disciplinary Systems: Taking the Attorney Disciplinary System of New York State, USA as an Example

Ho, Joshua

To inform the Judicial Reform Foundation's reform of the attorney disciplinary system by looking to the practices of…

26Jun.
2025

Judicial Reform Inner Voice|From Campus to Community: Navigating and Landing Legal Education

Chen Li-ling / Legal Education Specialist

Perhaps the answers are not immediately visible, but whenever teachers tell us, "Today's content can be paired with our…

20Jun.
2025

Sidelights | Confess on Others to Reduce Your Sentence? Hsiao Ming-yueh's Transformation from Real Estate Agent to International Drug Ring Kingpin Overnight, and the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act

Attorney Hung Hsiang-ling / Pro Bono Volunteer, New York State Bar

Sung Yun-hua was a member of an international drug trafficking ring who was arrested by police while picking up a…

17Jun.
2025

Sidelights | The Key Has Been Turned, Where Does the Door Lead? The Path of Death Penalty Reform After Constitutional Interpretation No. 8 of 2024

JRF Intern

The Regulations on the Execution of Capital Punishment were amended in April 2025. In earlier years, there were only…